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Historian Guides

Renowned experts, scholars, and authors, our Historian Guides possess not only extensive knowledge of their respective subjects, but also the special ability to make each HistoryAmerica tour a compelling story unfolding before your eyes. Under their guidance your “learning vacation” becomes a timeless journey on which you can recapture the excitement of the great events of American history.

Edwin C. Bearss

Ed Bearss was a Marine who still is the epitome of “esprit de corps” in all that he does. Now Chief Historian Emeritus of the National Park Service, he is the most legendary battlefield guide in America. The recipient of many awards in the fields of history and preservation, he is also the author of volumes of important writings on the Civil War.

James M. McPherson

Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton, Jim is a premier Civil War historian who is widely respected and renowned and highly sought after as a writer and speaker. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning classic Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, and in 2007 he was awarded the Ford’s Theater Lincoln Medal.

Harold Holzer

Currently the Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Holzer is a leading authority on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. A prolific writer and lecturer and frequent guest on television, he serves as cochairman of the U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

Frank A. O’Reilly

The historian at the National Park Service’s “Stonewall” Jackson Shrine, O’Reilly has made Stonewall Jackson the main topic of his research. He is a celebrated speaker and author on the topic of Jackson and the war in Virginia. His book The Fredericksburg Campaign is the winner of many prestigious awards.

Mike Koury

A native of Texas with a lifelong fascination for the Indian Wars, Mike along with his wife is founder and owner of the Old Army Press. He has published more than 150 books on the American West and has produced numerous videos with historical themes. In addition, he has written five books and the scripts for five video productions.

Craig Symonds

Professor Emeritus of the U.S. Naval Academy, Craig is the only Academy instructor to have won both the Excellence in Teaching and the Excellence in Research awards. He has written many books, the most acclaimed being Stonewall of the West and Decision at Sea. Craig is now Chief Historian of the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News.

Neil Mangum

Neil Mangum spent most of his 34-year National Park Service career in the West. He has had two stints at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, the first as chief historian, the second as park superintendent. He is the author of The Battle of the Rosebud: Prelude to the Little Bighorn and more than fifty articles on the Indian Wars.

Brian Steel Wills

Brian is the Kenneth P. Asbury Chair of History at the University of Virginia at Wise. In 2000 he was the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award, the commonwealth’s highest honor for a professor at a Virginia college or university. He is the author of the highly touted The Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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