| Degrees:
Ph.D., Mississippi State University, 2001
M.A., University of Mississippi, 1997
B.A., University of Mississippi, 1996
Publications:
Books:
The Civil War in Mississippi: The Home Front (Mississippi Heritage Series). Jackson: University
Press of Mississippi, forthcoming.
The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation: The Decade of the 1890s and the Establishment of
America's First Five Military Parks. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, forthcoming.
The Untold Story of Shiloh: The Battle and Battlefield. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee
Press, 2006.
Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg. New York: Savas Beatie, 2004.
This Great Battlefield of Shiloh: History, Memory, and the Establishment of a Civil War
National Military Park. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004.
Edited Volumes:
Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862. With Edward Cunningham and Gary D. Joiner. New
York: Savas Beatie, 2007.
New Introductions to Reprints:
David W. Reed. The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged. Knoxville: The
University of Tennessee Press, forthcoming.
Chapters in Books:
"A Western Gettysburg: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Civil War
Memory." In Chickamauga, edited by Steven E. Woodworth. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, forthcoming.
"Anatomy of an Icon: Shiloh's Hornet's Nest in Civil War Memory." In Shiloh, edited by Steven
E. Woodworth. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, forthcoming.
"Black Soldiers and the CCC at Shiloh National Military Park." In A Tribute to John F.
Marszalek, edited by Michael B. Ballard. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, forthcoming.
Articles:
"To Conquer or Perish: The Last Hours of Albert Sidney Johnston." America's Civil War (2007), forthcoming.
"Rewriting History: Locating Lew Wallace's Route of March to Shiloh." Civil War Times
Illustrated (2007): forthcoming.
"The Politics of Battlefield Preservation: David B. Henderson and the National Military Parks."
Annals of Iowa, forthcoming.
"A Case Study in Change: The New Deal's Effect on Shiloh National Military Park." Tennessee
Historical Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 2 (Summer 2007): forthcoming.
"Victory At Any Cost: The Yazoo Pass Expedition." Journal of Mississippi History,
forthcoming.
"A Loss of Innocence at Shiloh." With Edward Cunningham and Gary D. Joiner. Civil War
Times Illustrated 46, no. 4 (June 2007): 44-51.
"Shiloh: Portrait of a Battle: Fifty Years Later." Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 2
(Summer 2006): 147-161.
"Black Soldiers and the CCC at Shiloh National Military Park." CRM: The Journal of Heritage
Stewardship vol. 3, no. 2 (Summer 2006): 73-84.
"Myths of Shiloh." America's Civil War (May 2006): 30-36, 71.
"Civil War Battlefield Preservation in Tennessee: A Nashville National Military Park Case
Study." Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 3 (2005): 236-247.
"'Gallant and Invaluable Service:'" The United States Navy at the Battle of Shiloh. The West
Tennessee Historical Society Papers, vol. 58 (2004): 32-54.
"'A Siege From the Start:' The Spring 1862 Campaign against Corinth, Mississippi." Journal of
Mississippi History, vol. 66, no. 4 (2004): 403-424.
"DeLong Rice: Shiloh's Poet Preservationist." Tennessee Historical Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 2
(2004): 128-143.
"David W. Reed: The Father of Shiloh National Military Park." Annals of Iowa, vol. 62, no 3
(2003): 333-359.
"Historians and the Battle of Shiloh: One Hundred and Forty Years of Controversy." Tennessee
Historical Quarterly, vol. 62, no. 4 (2003): 332-353.
"'The Handsomest Cemetery in the South:' Shiloh National Cemetery." The West Tennessee
Historical Society Papers, vol. 56 (2002): 1-16.
"Divided Loyalties: The Unfortunate State of Western Theater Historiography." Historians of the
Civil War Western Theater Online Journal (2000).
"The Forgotten Battle of Davis' Bridge." North and South, vol. 2, no. 5 (June 1999): 68-79.
Encyclopedia Entries:
"David B. Henderson." Iowa Biographical Dictionary (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press),
forthcoming.
"Caludius Wistar Sears." Mississippi Encyclopedia (Jackson: University of Mississippi Press),forthcoming.
"Davis Bridge." Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Online Edition (Knoxville:
University of Tennessee Press, 2007).
"Army of Mississippi." with Malcolm Muir, Encyclopedia of the American Civil War 5
vols. (Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2000), 1: 83-85.
"Meridian Campaign." Encyclopedia of the American Civil War 5 vols. (Denver: ABC-
CLIO, 2000), 3: 1323-1324.
"Mississippi." Encyclopedia of the American Civil War 5 vols. (Denver: ABC-CLIO,
2000), 3: 1339-1340.
"Alexander Peter Stewart." Encyclopedia of the American Civil War 5 vols. (Denver:
ABC-CLIO, 2000), 4: 1864-1865.
"Yazoo Pass Expedition." Encyclopedia of the American Civil War 5 vols. (Denver:
ABC-CLIO, 2000), 4: 2160-2161.
Book Reviews: Civil War History, Journal of Mississippi History, Georgia Historical Quarterly, Ohio History, Blue and Gray, Historians of the Civil War Western Theater, H-Net, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, On Point: The Journal of Army History
Grants, Honors, and Awards:
2007-2008 Iowa State Historical Society Research Grant
2007 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Fellowship
2007 Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 a main selection of the History Book Club, a
dual main selection of the Military Book Club, and an alternate selection of the Book of the Month Club
2005-2006 Iowa State Historical Society Research Grant
2005 Champion Hill an alternate selection of the History and Military Book Clubs
2004 Champion Hill winner of 2004 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Nonfiction Book
Award
2002 "'The Handsomest Cemetery in the South:' Shiloh National Cemetery" winner of the 2002
Marshall Wingfield Award for best article in the West Tennessee Historical Society Papers
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