Glenn David Brasher is instructor of history at the University of Alabama. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, he received his PhD from the University of Alabama. For eight years he was a seasonal park ranger at the Richmond National Battlefield Park where he gave tours on many of the historic sites associated with the Peninsula Campaign. He has also taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, and is a regular contributor to the New York Times "Disunion" series and to The Civil War Monitor. In 2008 he was a finalist for the Southern Historical Association's C. Vann Woodward Award, and is the 2013 recipient of the Wiley-Silver Award from the Center for Civil War Research at the University of Mississippi. Follow on Twitter @GlennBrasher
Author video interview for The Civil War Monitor:
http://www.civilwarmonitor.com/behind-the-lines/an-interview-with-glenn-brasher
Author interview on Civil War Talk Radio:
http://impedimentsofwar.org/singleshow.php?show=824
Author's postings for the New York Times' Disunion series:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/glenn-david-brasher/