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Hal Jespersen and Ed Bearss in Virginia, 2007. |
I am an amateur historian of the American Civil War. I don't do re-enacting, but I read a lot, I write articles and draw maps for Wikipedia, and I'm an enthusiastic traveler to Civil War battlefields and history seminars. Here are some links of interest.
News
- I have posted a new trip report: the CWPT annual meeting in Lexington, KY.
- I have added a new trip to my projected list for 2010.
- I have a created a CWRT page for my first presentation: a biography of William Rosecrans, April 15 in San Francisco.
Travelogues
- 2010 Touring — Atlanta, Gettysburg NPS Seminar, CWPT in Kentucky, and five other planned trips.
- 2009 Touring — CWEA Sarasota CW Symposium, some CW stops in Washington, DC, University of Virginia seminar on Petersburg and Appomattox, Chambersburg Civil War Seminar on Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit in Sacramento, West Coast Civil War Round Table Conference, Blue and Gray Education Society Staff Ride of the Battle of Franklin.
- 2008 Touring — Vicksburg with Parker Hills, Chickamauga/Chattanooga, West Coast CWRT Conference, and Hood's Tennessee Campaign at Spring Hill, TN.
- 2007 Touring — Civil War Preservation Trust meeting in Portsmouth, Virginia, Chambersburg Seminar on Antietam, Mosby Heritage Area Association seminar on Second Manassas, Blue & Gray Education Society Walking Tour of Perryville.
- 2006 Touring — Blue & Gray Education Society December staff ride of Forts Henry and Donelson; NPS seminar at Gettysburg, CWPT Memphis meeting, UVa seminar in Richmond, Civil War Institute, West Coast Civil War Conference.
- 2005 Touring — UVa seminar in Charleston, Gettysburg, Civil War Institute, the Harrisburg CW museum, another Gettysburg, Assoc. of Licensed Battlefield Guides, CW Preservation Trust, and Blue & Gray Education Society December staff ride of Stones River.
- 2004 Touring — GDG Muster, Virginia touring, Gettysburg on Columbus Day, and The Killer Angels as a stage play.
Wikipedia
I have written about 275 Civil War articles in this free, open-source Internet encyclopedia (and have edited/improved many more). This link takes you to the page where I list all the significant ones. Some of my favorites:
- Gettysburg topics: Gettysburg, First Day, Second Day, Third Day cavalry battles, Gettysburg Campaign, Gettysburg Battlefield, Cemetery Hill, Culp's Hill, Little Round Top, Pickett's Charge, Retreat
- Battles (120+): Antietam, Chancellorsville, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, Corinth, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Franklin, Fredericksburg, Harpers Ferry, Kennesaw Mountain, First Manassas, Second Manassas, Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Vicksburg
- Bios (130+): E.P. Alexander, Ed Bearss, Braxton Bragg, Ambrose Burnside, Bruce Catton, George S. Greene, Winfield S. Hancock, Henry W. Halleck, Herman Haupt, Jedediah Hotchkiss, Henry J. Hunt, James Longstreet, George B. McClellan, George Meade, Albert J. Myer, George Pickett, Leonidas Polk, William S. Rosecrans, John F. Reynolds, Phil Sheridan, Daniel Sickles, Jeb Stuart, Traveller (my tongue-in-cheek bio of Lee's horse), Emory Upton, Gouverneur K. Warren
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Other Campaigns: Eastern Theater overview article, Western Theater, Peninsula Campaign, Appomattox Campaign, Hood's 1864 Tennessee Campaign, Maryland Campaign, Seven Days Battles, Knoxville Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, Jackson's Valley Campaign, Overland Campaign, Siege of Petersburg, Tullahoma, Vicksburg - Signal Corps, Field Artillery, and Cavalry
Maps and Stuff
- Maps — I have created over 140 battlefield and campaign maps for my Wikipedia work; the Macromedia Freehand or Adobe Illustrator source files and PNG graphic files are here.
- CWRT — Here are my PowerPoint slides and other materials for presentations to Civil War Round Tables. (I currently belong to two roundtables: San Francisco and South Bay.)
- Zazzle — I have designed a series of T-shirts and coffee mugs with battle maps that you can buy from Zazzle.com. I often wear the T-shirts on my CW trips.