Brian Matthew Jordan
Dr. Brian Matthew Jordan is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies in History at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and the philosophy of history. Dr. Jordan earned the M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in History at Yale University, where […]
Read more...Cecily N. Zander
Cecily is a historian specializing in the Civil War era and the American West. She is currently finishing her dissertation at the Pennsylvania State University. Her dissertation project examines the Regular Army from 1835-1885 and discusses the complex and multifaceted relationship between military power, federal policy, American expansion, and the Civil War. Cecily received her […]
Read more...Dan Welch
Dan Welch has served as editor of Gettysburg Magazine, National Park Service ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park, Education Programs Coordinator with the Gettysburg Foundation, and an instrumental music teacher with several public school districts in northeast Ohio. He is the co-author of two works in the Emerging Civil War Series, The Last Road North: A Guide to the Gettysburg […]
Read more...Daniel T. Davis
Daniel T. Davis graduated from Longwood University with a B.A. in Public History in 2005. He worked for five years as a historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and Appomattox Court House National Historic Site. He is the webmaster for Emerging Civil War. Dan currently resides in Fredericksburg, VA with his wife and […]
Read more...David T. Dixon
David Dixon, a contributing writer for Emerging Civil War, earned his M.A. in history from the University of Massachusetts in 2003. His first book, The Lost Gettysburg Address, told the unusual life story of Texas slaveholder Charles Anderson, brother of Maj. Robert Anderson of Ft. Sumter fame. David spoke at Gettysburg National Military Park’s Sacred […]
Read more...Dwight Hughes
Dwight Hughes is a public historian, author, and speaker in Civil War naval history. Dwight graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1967 with a major in history and government. He served twenty years as a Navy surface warfare officer on many oceans in ships ranging from destroyer to aircraft carrier and with river forces in […]
Read more...Edward S. Alexander
Edward S. Alexander has been a contributing member of Emerging Civil War since 2013. He additionally works as a cartographer under the business Make Me a Map, LLC. His first book, Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at Petersburg, was published in 2015. He has worked as a park ranger and historian at Richmond National Battlefield Park […]
Read more...Eric J. Wittenberg
Eric J. Wittenberg is an award-winning historian, blogger, speaker and tour guide. His specialty is Civil War cavalry operations, and much of his work has focused on the Gettysburg Campaign. He is the author of 18 published books on the Civil War and more than three dozen articles that have appeared in various national magazines. […]
Read more...James Brookes
James Brookes is a Ph.D. candidate at Great Britain’s University of Nottingham, where he completed a B.A. and M.Res. in American Studies in 2013 and 2015 respectively. During his undergraduate study he spent a year abroad in the U.S. at the College of William and Mary. James’ undergraduate dissertation was an examination of the significance […]
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