Kristopher D. White
Kris is the Director of Education and Events at the American Battlefield Trust. White is a graduate of Norwich University with an M.A. in Military History and California University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in History. He served as a ranger-historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. He has also served the Penn-Trafford Recreation Board as a historian and as a continuing education instructor for the Community College of Allegheny County. In 2008, Kris successfully passed the Licensed Battlefield Guide Exam at Gettysburg. White is the co-founder and chief historian of Emerging Civil War and co-creator of the Emerging Civil War Series. An award-winning speaker and editor, White has authored, co-authored, or edited more than two dozen books and numerous articles, covering a wide range of topics from the Seven Years War to the World Wars. A frequent fixture on battlefields around the world, he leads and coordinates tours and staff rides in the United States and Europe.
Any views or opinions expressed by Kris as chief historian at Emerging Civil War are solely his views and opinions and do not reflect the opinions of the American Battlefield Trust.
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Emerging Civil War Series (historical content editor):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)
