-His latest book, The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock, received a 2003 nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in Letters. Released by LSU Press in December, 2002, it has won the 2002 Capital District (Albany, NY) Book Award; the 2003 James I. Robertson, Jr. Book Award; the 2004 Daniel Laney Book Award; and the 2004 Richard Barksdale Harwell Book Award.
-Received both his BA and MA in American History with a concentration on Early American Military History and Civil War Studies. Did undergraduate work at Washington & Lee University before joining the National Park Service at the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park.
-Worked briefly at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and then returned to Fredericksburg as an historian in 1990. Currently the Lead Historian for the battlefields.
-Written numerous articles on the Civil War and Mexican War for national and international journals; and introductions to quite a few books. Released his first book on the Fredericksburg Campaign titled, Stonewall Jackson at Fredericksburg, in 1993.
-Appeared in quite a few documentaries, on CSPAN, and has lectured extensively on military history to audiences around the world, from the Pentagon to numerous conferences in the United Kingdom at Oxford.
-Currently writing a book on the 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill and the Seven Days’ Battles around Richmond.
