Curated category
Historians of the American Civil War
- Elizabeth D. LeonardElizabeth D. Leonard earned her Master of Arts degree in U.S. History from the University of California Riverside in 1988.
- James M. McPhersonJames Munro McPherson arrived in the world on the 11th of October 1936. His birthplace was Valley City, North Dakota. This small town shaped his early years…
- Lesley J. GordonLesley J. Gordon grew up in East Granby, Connecticut. She attended East Granby High School before studying history at the College of William & Mary.
- Gabor BorittGabor Boritt was born in 1940 to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. The Nazis forced his family into a single room within a hospital on the edge of the…
- C. Vann WoodwardC. Vann Woodward was born on the 13th of November 1908, in Vanndale, Arkansas, a small town that bore his own mother's family name and had served as a county…
- Allan NevinsAllan Nevins grew up on a farm in Camp Point, Illinois, the son of a stern Presbyterian farmer of Scottish descent and a German-heritage mother named Emma.
- Shelby FooteShelby Dade Foote Jr. was born on the 17th of November 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi. His father worked for Armour and Company, moving the family from…
- Bruce CattonBruce Catton grew up in Benzonia, Michigan, listening to old men describe what it felt like to march into battle. He was born on the 9th of October, 1899…
- David W. BlightDavid William Blight was born on the 21st of March 1949 in Flint, Michigan. He grew up inside a mobile home park during those early years.
- E. Merton CoulterEllis Merton Coulter entered the world on the 20th of July 1890 in Catawba, North Carolina. His father John Ellis Coulter was a merchant and land speculator…
- Stephen B. OatesStephen Baery Oates entered the world in Pampa, Texas, on the 5th of January 1936. The small town offered no immediate path to national history fame for a…