Vita

• B.A. Vanderbilt University, 1975
• M.A. in history, Vanderbilt University, 1977
• Ph.D. in history, University of South Carolina, 1982

Missouri State University, 1988 to present

Undergraduate courses taught:

• U.S. History to 1877
• U.S. History Since 1877
• Historical Inquiry
• Civil War and Reconstruction
• The Civil War in the Ozarks
• Military History of the United States
• Independent readings
• Internship in Public History

Graduate courses taught:

• Historiography
• The Civil War and Reconstruction (readings seminar)
• War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century (readings seminar)
• U.S. Military History 1845-1865 (research seminar)
• The Civil War Era (research seminar)
• Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American History (research seminar)
• The Civil War in Missouri: the Use and Understanding of Sources (readings/research seminar).
• Independent readings
• Internship in Public History

The University of New Orleans, 1987-1988 (per course, non-credit evening program)

Courses taught:

• The Common Soldier of the Civil War
• Gettysburg: Anatomy of a Battle
• James Longstreet: Scapegoat General

The Louise S. McGehee School, New Orleans, 1982-1985. Chairman of the Social Studies Department, pre-K through twelfth grade, in a private girls’ school.

Courses taught:

• U.S. Government (twelfth grade)
• History of Europe (tenth grade)
• Comparative Government (senior elective)

The University of South Carolina, fall 1979 & spring 1981

Courses taught:

• U.S. History to 1877

• Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove; A Battlefield Guide with a Section on Wire Road (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006).  Co-authored with Earl Hess, Richard Hatcher, and William Shea.
• Wilson’s Creek: The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000). Co-authored with Richard W. Hatcher.
• Lee’s Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1987).

• Kansans at Wilson’s Creek: Soldiers’ Letters from the Campaign for Southwest Missouri (Springfield, Mo.: Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation, 1993), 105 pp. Co-edited with Richard W. Hatcher.
• Carter’s Raid: An Episode of the Civil War in East Tennessee (Johnson City, Tenn.: The Overmountain Press, 1989), 77 pp.

• "Longstreet, James." Encyclopedia Virginia: http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/  Written 2009.
• "Longstreet, James." The Oxford Companion to American Military History (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 402.
• "Jenkins, Micah," "Carter, Samuel P.," and "Longstreet, James." American National Biography (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), 495-96, 892-94, 942-43.
• "Enlisted Soldiers," The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research, ed. by Steven Woodworth (New York: Greenwood Press, 1996), 454-65.
• "Seven Pines, Virginia." The Encyclopedia of the Confederacy, 4 vols. Richard N. Current, editor-in-chief (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), 3: 1042-43.
• "Secession Movements in American History," Almanac of American Presidents, ed. by Thomas L. Connelly and Michael D. Senecal (New York: Facts on File, 1991), 298-308.

• Conscript and Conflict in the Confederacy, by Albert B. Moore (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1996), xi-xviii.
• From Manassas to Appomattox, by James Longstreet (New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004), xvii-xxix.

• A photographic history of the Civil War in Missouri, under contract with the University of Arkansas Press, as a volume in its "Portraits of Conflict" series.
• An article on the Battle of Springfield, January 8, 1863.
• An article on Arkansas troops at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in “The Die is Cast": Arkansas Goes to War, 1861, an anthology edited by Mark Christ.  Scheduled for release by Butler Center Books, 2010.

• "Dynamics of a 'Social Contract': Commonalities in the Community Bonds Experienced by Northern and Southern Soldiers in the American Civil War," 2007 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2007.

• "'When the Arks. boys goes by they take the rags off the bush': Arkansans in the Wilson's Creek Campaign, 1861," Old State House Museum, Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 19, 2006.

• "Embattled Brothers: Elements of Victory and Defeat in the American Civil War," Teaching American History Seminar, Chattanooga, Tenn., June 13, 2006.

• "The Pelicans Go to War; The Third Louisiana Infantry and the Campaign of 1861," at "A Terrible Vengeance," The College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo., November 18, 2005.

• "'Pandemonium Turned Loose': The Battle of Wilson's Creek, Aug. 10, 1861," at "Talking Ozarks: Battles and Ballads," Lyon College, Batesville, Ark., Sept. 16, 2004.

• "The 'New Military History' and the Trans-Mississippi, " at "Battle Histories: A Conversation about Approaches to Civil War Military Studies," a panel discussion at the Southern Historical Association, Houston, Tex., Nov. 8, 2003.

• "Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and the Controversy that Surrounds Him," at "Crisis, Conflict, and Interpretation," College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo., Oct. 20, 2001.
• "Honor and Community: The Battle of Wilson’s Creek as a Test Case for the Motivations of Soldiers in the American Civil War," The Society for Military History, Calgary, Alberta, May 25, 2001.
• "’The lines were within shotgun range’: An Analysis of Combat at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek," Missouri Conference on History, Joplin, M0., Sept. 17, 1999.
• "The First Iowa: The Role of Honor and Community in a Ninety-day Regiment," the Mid-America Conference on History, Stillwater, O.K., Sept. 19, 1997.
• "Beyond Drums and Trumpets: The Battle of Wilson’s Creek and the ‘New’ Military History," Southern Historical Association, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 10, 1994.
• "Clio and the General: Interpretations of James Longstreet’s Place in Southern History, 1865-1989," at "The Civil War: Perspectives from 125 Years," University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark., March 30, 1990.
• "Carter’s East Tennessee Raid," Society of Civil War Historians, Lexington, Ky., November 8, 1989.
• "Maritime Shipbuilding in Louisiana, 1542-1986," Citadel Conference on the South, Charleston, S.C., April 12, 1987.

• "The President's Paladins: Lincoln's Search for a Commanding General," Institute for Mature Learners, Drury University, Springfield, Mo., Sept. 15, 2009.

• "Lincoln and the Border States: The Uncivil War," Institute for Mature Learners, Drury University, Springfield, Mo., Sept. 8, 2009.

• "The Civil War in Southwest Missouri," Nathan Boone Homestead, Ash Grove, Mo., March 21, 2009.

• "A Family Affair: The Carter Brothers and Their Raid on East Tennessee, Dec. 1862-Jan. 1863," at "Hoofbeats in the Heartland; A Civil War Cavalry Seminar," sponsored by the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2009.

• "Springfield and the Civil War: Division, Devastation, and Reunion," Provost's Research Forum, Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., Feb. 11, 2009.

• "The Six Johns and the Scots Confession," Scottish St. Andrew Society of Springfield Kirking of the Tartans, Springfield, Mo., Nov. 1, 2008.

• "Personalities, Problems, and Paranoia: Braxton Bragg and James Longstreet," at "In a Strange Country: Longstreet in East Tennessee," a symposium sponsored by the Longstreet Society, Knoxville, Tenn., October 10, 2008.

• "Springfield, Missouri: Land, People, and Ideas," Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China, March 27, 2008.

• "Springfield Past and Present: A Legacy of Blue and Gray," The Discovery Center, Springfield, Mo., Jan. 15, 2008.

• "Wilson's Creek Outside the Park: Battle and Battle-related Historic Sites Outside the National Battlefield," at "The Civil War West of the Mississippi," a conference sponsored by the Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks, Springfield, Mo., Nov. 17, 2007.   

• "Personality Matters: Command and Decision at the Battle of Pea Ridge," Peel House Foundation, Bentonville, Ark., Oct. 27, 2007.

• "Longstreet in the West: Context for the Chickamauga Campaign," Penn State Alumni Association, Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 18, 2007.

• "Reflections on Conspiracy Theories in History," at "The River of Death: Longstreet at Chickamauga/Chattanooga," a seminar sponsored by The Longstreet Society, Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 6, 2006.

• "Home Town Support for Civil War Soldiers," Greene County Historical Society, Springfield, Mo., April 1, 2006.

• "Robert Burns and His World," Scottish and St. Andrew Society, Springfield, Mo., January 14, 2006.

• "Nathaniel Lyon: The Union's Most Accomplished Field Commander in 1861," 35th Division Annual Reunion, Springfield, Mo., October 22, 2005.

• "Lincoln and the Border States: The Uncivil War," The University Libraries lecture series, Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., Sept. 14, 2005.

• "Reaping the Whirlwind: The Civil War in Missouri," Student Activities Council lecture series, Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., April 12, 2005.

• "Freedom's Road: African Americans in the Civil War," at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo., Feb. 17, 2005.

• "Wilson's Creek: A Different Perspective," at Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott, Kan., April 18, 2004.

• "Slavery: The Major Cause of the Civil War," at Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott, Kan., April 19, 2004.

• "Why Longstreet Matters: Race, Reconstruction, and Memory," at "A Soldier All My Life," a seminar sponsored by The Longstreet Society, Gettysburg, Pa., Oct. 12, 2003.

• "Divided Loyalties in Missouri: M.S.G. vs. E.M.M.," Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Scott, Kan., April 13, 2003.
• "Seeds of Prejudice: Douglas Southall Freeman, the Anti-Longstreet Faction, and the Controversy Over James Longstreet's Role at the Battle of Second Manassas," at "A Soldier Every Inch," a seminar sponsored by The Longstreet Society, Manassas, Va., Oct. 5-6, 2002.
• "The Missouri State Guard and the Civil War in Missouri and Arkansas, 1861-1862," Pea  Ridge National Military Park, Pea Ridge, Ark., Jan. 12, 2002.
• "The Guerrilla War in the Ozarks: Uncivil War during the War Between the States," keynote address at the annual meeting of the Missouri Division of the Military Order of the Stars and Bars, Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 27, 2001.
• "The Battle of Wilson's Creek," United States Army Retired Officers' Association, Springfield, Mo., Oct. 21, 2001.
• "Longstreet, Lee, and the Bloodbath Summer of 1862: Longstreet's Critique of Lee's Generalship," at "Here is My Old War Horse," a seminar sponsored by The Longstreet Society, Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 14, 2001.
• "Politics and Logistics: The Strange Case of Missouri and the Civil War," keynote address at the National Conference of the Sons of Union Veterans, Springfield, Mo., Aug. 11, 2001.
• "No More Compromises: Civil War Comes to Missouri," Blue & Gray Educational Society Seminar,  Springfield, Mo., Aug. 5, 2001.
• "Missouri and the Civil War," keynote address to the 115^th National Congress of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 7, 2000.
• "Wilson’s Creek: The Lessons of History," Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo., Aug. 10, 2000.
• "Lyon’s Greyhounds: The First Iowa at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek," Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo., April 2, 2000.
• "The Missouri State Guard at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek," at "The Missouri State Guard," a symposium sponsored by the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Republic, Mo., March 20, 1999.
• "James Longstreet and the Battle of Chickamauga," at "The Bull of the Woods: Longstreet at Chickamauga," a seminar sponsored by The Longstreet Society, Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1998.
• "James Longstreet and History," keynote address at the unveiling and dedication of the Longstreet equestrian monument, Gettysburg National Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1998.
• "The Generalship of James Longstreet," The 1998 Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., June 29, 1998.
• "James Longstreet," keynote address at the unveiling of the James Longstreet birthplace marker, Edgefield, S.C., Jan. 8, 1998.
• "James Longstreet’s Image Since 1965," at "Return to Gettysburg," a symposium sponsored by The Longstreet Memorial Fund, Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 29, 1997.
• "Lee’s Old War Horse: James Longstreet," Confederate Leadership Symposium, sponsored by the Blue & Gray Educational Society and the Virginia Military institute, Lexington, Va., Oct. 18, 1996.
• "The Life and Career of James Longstreet: Why the Controversy?’ at "General James Longstreet in 1863," a seminar sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 1996.
• "From Palo Alto to Chapultepec: James Longstreet During the Mexican War," at "Above and Beyond: Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, C.S.A.," a symposium sponsored by The Longstreet Memorial Fund, Richmond, Va., Sept. 29, 1996.
• "James Longstreet and His Place in Southern History," at The Longstreet Symposium, sponsored by the General Lewis A. Armistead Camp 1302, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Jacksonville, N.C., May 11, 1996.
• "James Longstreet and Southern Literature," Second Longstreet Symposium, sponsored by The Longstreet Society and Brenau University, Gainesville, Ga., April 13, 1996.
• "Why No Legacy in Bronze?: Gettysburg and Longstreet’s Place in Southern History," and "Helen Dortch Longstreet, the ‘Last Confederate Veteran,’" at "Lieutenant General James Longstreet: A New Look at Lee’s Old War Horse," a symposium sponsored by the Longstreet Memorial Fund and the Civil War Institute, Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 23, 1995.
• "Can Ted Turner Whip Ken Burns?: Recent Developments Concerning James Longstreet’s Place in Southern History," at the First Longstreet Symposium, Sponsored by The Longstreet Society and Brenau University, Gainesville, Ga., April 8, 1995.
• "Sorting Facts from Myths: Longstreet and Lee at Gettysburg," The Museum of the Confederacy’s 1994 Lecture Series, Richmond, Va., March 16, 1994.
• "Historical Controversies Relating to the Battle of Gettysburg," Officer Development Program, Missouri National Guard, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Jan. 30, 1994.
• "James Longstreet and Confederate Leadership," at The Leaders of the Southern Cause Symposium, Richmond, Va., Nov. 20, 1993.
• "Vanquished with the Pen: James Longstreet’s Place in Southern History," at "Longstreet Reconsidered: Perspectives of recent Scholarship," a symposium sponsored by The Longstreet Memorial Fund and The New York Military Affairs Society, New York, N.Y., Oct. 9, 1993.
• "Developments in Civil War Historiography" and "The Civil War in the West: A Round Table Discussion," at a symposium sponsored by St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, N.J., Oct. 8, 1993.
• "Problems in Confederate Historiography," New York Military Affairs Society, New York, N.Y., June 13, 1992.
• "Cross Purposes: Longstreet, Lee, and Confederate Attack Plans for July 3 at Gettysburg," Sixth Annual Civil War Conference, Penn State-Mont Alto, Mont Alto, Pa., July 9, 1992.
• "Robert E. Lee: The Historical View," First Annual Deep Delta Conference, sponsored by Northeast Louisiana State University, Covington, La., July 19, 1987.
• "Robert Penn Warren at Vanderbilt: The Influence of the University’s Fiftieth Anniversary on His Outlook," Richland County Public Library Southern Authors Symposium, Columbia, S.C., Feb. 19, 1980.
• "Shelby Foote: The Novelist as Historian," Shelby Foote Conference, sponsored by the Institute for Southern Studies, Columbia, S.C., March 23, 1978.

• The Helen Dortch Longstreet Award for 2002, presented by The Longstreet Society, in recognition of service.
• Annual Missouri Book Award, The State Historical Society of Missouri, Nov. 3, 2001, for Wilson's Creek; The Second Battle of the Civil War and the Men Who Fought It.
• Southwest Missouri State University Research Award, 2000.
• Harry S. Truman Award, Civil War Round Table of Kansas City, 1999.
• History Medal, Rachel Donelson Chapter, The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1997.
• Speaker’s Medal, General James H. McBride Camp 632, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 1996.
• General James A. Matthews Jr. Prize, presented by the Center for Military Studies, North Texas University, and the National Guard Association of Texas, for the best article in Military History of the Southwest, 1992.
• Summer Faculty Fellowship, Southwest Missouri State University, 1991.
• The TRADOC Workshop in Military History, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1989.
• Jefferson Davis Medal, Leonidas Polk Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, New Orleans, La., 1987.
• Colonial Dames of America Scholarship, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of American in the State of South Carolina, 1980.
• R. Means Davis Scholarship, University of South Carolina, 1980.
• Vanderbilt University Centennial History Fellowship, 1976, 1977.

• College of Humanities and Public Affairs Compensation Committee, fall 2008-spring 2009
• College of Humanities and Public Affairs Advisory Committee, fall 2008-spring 2009
• Ozarks Studies Search Committee, fall 2007-spring 2008
• Veterans Committee, 2006-2007
• Faculty Senate, fall 2006-present
• University Awards Committee, summer 2002
• Faculty Concerns Committee, fall 1997-spring 2000
• Graduate Council, fall 1990; spring 2000- spring 2003
• Library Committee, fall 1993-spring 1995
• Faculty sponsor, MSU Military History Gaming Society, 1998-2002

• Merit Evaluation Committee, fall 2007-spring 2009
• Graduate Director, spring 2000-spring 2003
• Editor, department newsletter, 1998
• Faculty co-sponsor for Phi Alpha Theta, 1994-95, 2007-08.
• Personnel Committee*
• Undergraduate and Professional Education Committee*
• Graduate Studies Committee*
• Development and Planning Committee*
  •   *served on or chaired, on rotating basis, since 1988
• Directed thirteen students, 1996 to 2003, in a cooperative education agreement with the Missouri State Archives and Greene County Archives, totaling over $24,000 in grant money received.

Professional Organizations

• The Southern Historical Association
• The Society of Civil War Historians
• The Society for Military History
• State Historical Society of Missouri
• American Association of University Professors

National and Community Organizations

• Missouri Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission (appt. 2008 by Gov. Matt Blunt)

• The Longstreet Society

  • Member, Board of Directors, 2000-present

• Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation

  • Advisory Committee, 2009 - present

  • Publication sub-committee member, 1991-93

• The Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks

  • President, 1992, 1996, 1998

  • Program chair, 1993, 1997, 2004

  • Treasurer, 1995-96

  • Webmaster, 2005-present

• The Greene County Historical Society

  • Board member and program chair, 1996-99

• United Ministries for Higher Education

  • Board member, 1995-present

• The Scottish St. Andrew's Society of Springfield

  • Board member and chaplain, 2003-present

  • Vice President, 2008-present

• Newtonia Battlefield Association

• Civil War Preservation Trust

• Blue and Gray Educational Society

• The East Tennessee Historical Society

• Phi Alpha Theta