Joseph Ricci

A native of New Orleans, LA, Joseph D. Ricci, is a Civil War historian, who focuses primarily on the war in the Western Theater. Joseph earned his Master of Arts in History from Southeastern Louisiana University. From 2021 to 2024, he worked as a Historical Interpreter and Historian for The Battle of Franklin Trust. He currently works in public history in his home state of Louisiana.

Joseph’s fascination with history stems from his early years of involvement with, and travel to, various museums and battlefields connected to the American Civil War and the Second World War. His interests include the Tennessee Campaign of 1864, the war in the Western Theater, battlefield preservation and reclamation, pre-war politics and the crisis of the 1850s, Reconstruction, post-war monumentation and memorialization, historical memory, and the legacy of the Civil War.

In his free time, Joseph enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife, Katharyn, and daughter, Hattie.