Kristopher D. White
Kris White is a co-founder of Emerging Civil War.
Kris is the deputy director of education at the American Battlefield Trust. White is a graduate of Norwich University with an M.A. in Military History, as well as a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in History. For nearly five years he served as a ranger-historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. White is the co-founder and chief historian of Emerging Civil War and is also the co-creator of the Engaging the Civil War Series, which is a partnership between Southern Illinois University Press and Emerging Civil War. An award-winning speaker and editor, White has authored, co-authored, or edited nearly two-dozen books; and he frequently leads tours in the United States and abroad. He also served as a historian for the Penn-Trafford Recreation Board and a continuing education instructor for the Community College of Allegheny County near Pittsburgh, PA.
Kris has spoken to more than sixty roundtables and historical societies and is the author and co-author of numerous articles that have appeared in America’s Civil War, Blue & Gray Magazine, Hallowed Ground Magazine, and Civil War Times.
Publications:
Emerging Civil War Series (author):
Don’t Give an Inch: The Second Day at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski and Daniel T. Davis. Savas Beatie. (July 2016)
Fight Like the Devil: The First Day at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski and Daniel T. Davis. Savas Beatie. (May 2015)
That Furious Struggle: Chancellorsville and the High Tide of the Confederacy, May 1-5, 1863. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. Savas Beatie. (August 2014)
A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 8-21, 1864. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. Savas Beatie. (May 2013)
The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson: The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacy’s Greatest Icon—and the Birth of Its Greatest Legend. Co-authored with Kristopher D. White. Savas Beatie. (April 2013)
Simply Murder: The Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. Savas Beatie. (December 2012)
Emerging Civil War Series (historical content editor):
Mertz, Gregory A. Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862. Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White editors. Savas Beatie. (March 2017)
Quint, Ryan T. Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864. Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White editors. Savas Beatie. (November 2016)
Davis, Daniel T. and Wittenberg, Eric J. Out Flew the Sabers: The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White editors. Savas Beatie. (June 2016)
Orrison, Robert and Welch, Daniel. The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, 1863. Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White editors. Savas Beatie. (June 2016)
Davis, Daniel T. and Greenwalt, Philip. Bloody Autumn: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White, editors. Savas Beatie. (January 2014)
Dunkerly, Robert M., Pfanz, Donald C., and Ruth, David R. No Turning Back: A Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign. Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White, editors. Savas Beatie. (April 2014)
White, William Lee. Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale: The Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863. Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White, editors. Savas Beatie. (September 2013)
Other Books:
Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater-Maps From the American Battlefield Trust-Vol. 1. Knox Press. Maps by Steven Stanley. (November 2019)
Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater-Maps From the American Battlefield Trust-Vol. 2. Knox Press. Maps by Steven Stanley. (November 2020)
Battle Maps of the American Revolution: Maps From the American Battlefield Trust. Knox Press. Maps by Steven Stanley. (December 2021)
Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church. Savas Beatie. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. (May 2013) —finalist for the Army Historical Foundation’s 2013 Distinguished Book Award.
The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson. Thomas Publications. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski. Commissioned by the National Park Service. (July 2009)
Articles:
“The Ultimate Price.” America’s Civil War, March 2021. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.
“Approaching the Bastion City.” Hallowed Ground Magazine, Winter 2020.
“A Wilderness of Woe: The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864.” Blue and Gray Magazine, September 2020. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.
“Bloody Horror of Upton’s Charge.” Hallowed Ground Magazine, Winter 2017.
“How in the World Did They Shoot Jackson?: It’s difficult now to imagine just what went wrong at Chancellorsville.” America’s Civil War, May 2013 (cover story). Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.
“Before the Slaughter: How the Confederate Delaying Action in the Streets of Fredericksburg Set the Stage for the Bloodbath to Follow.” Hallowed Ground, November 2012. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.
“Spotsylvania Courthouse, May 13-21, 1864.” Blue & Gray, Spring 2011. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.
“Second-Guessing Dick Ewell: Why didn’t the Confederate general take Cemetery Hill on July 1, 1863?” Civil War Times, August 2010. (Cover story) Co-authored with Chris Mackowski .
“The Battle of the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania Courthouse.” Blue & Gray, Summer 2009. (Publication of the article coincided with the 145th anniversary of the battle.) Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.
“Burnside at Fredericksburg.” Armchair General, Spring 2009. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski.
“Forgotten Casualty: James Longstreet Wounded in the Wilderness.” America’s Civil War, May 2009. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski .
“The Wilderness Battlefield: A Field Guide.” Civil War Times, April 2009. Co-authored with Chris Mackowski .
Mackowski, Chris and White, Kristopher D. “From Foxcroft to Fredericksburg: Captain Sewell Gray of the 6th Maine Infantry.” Fredericksburg History & Biography, vol.8, Dec. 2008. (refereed)
