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. Joseph’s fascination with history stems from his early years of involvement with, and travel to, various museums and battlefields connected the American Civil War and the Second World War. From 2021 to 2024, he worked as a Historical Interpreter and Historian for The Battle of Franklin Trust.
For the last two years, he has written extensively for the Dispatch Magazine, produced the Dispatch Podcast, appeared in several BOFT Films productions, in addition to leading tours of the three historic homes and the surrounding battlefields. Joseph is a frequent speaker to Civil War Round Tables and has been a guest on several podcasts. Additionally, he is a member of Emerging Civil War and regularly contributes blog entries and essays for publication. Joseph is the producer and host of Home Brew History Podcast which is available on all podcast platforms.
Joseph’s 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.