Profiles of our Guide/Historians

Jeff Wert is a name familiar to anyone who has studied the Civil War over the past two decades. He is a noted Civil War historian and the author of five books. He has written a critically acclaimed biography of Gen. James Longstreet General James Longstreet : The Confederacy's Most Controversial Soldier-A Biography and compared and contrasted the Civil War service of the Stonewall and Iron Brigades: A Brotherhood of Valor : The Common Soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade, C.S.A., and the Iron Brigade, U.S.A. His most recent book examines in detail the third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg: Gettysburg, Day Three.

Ted Alexander is a highly sought after speaker and tour guide. He has written extensively on the Gettysburg campaign. His books include Southern Revenge & Maryland Civilians in the Antietam Campaign.He has also authored several General's Tours for Blue & Gray Magazine. He is an expert on cavalry operations conducted during the Gettysburg campaign. He is the historian at the Antietam National Battlefield.


Robert K. Krick is an expert on the history of the Army of Northern Virginia. He has led tour groups of Civil War battlefields and operations from Gettysburg to Petersburg. He has also written extensively on Confederate Military History. He is recently retired from the National Park Service where he served for many years as the historian at the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. His recent books include: Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain; Conquering the Valley and the Smoothbore Volley which Doomed the Confederacy.
Mark A. Snell is retired from the United States Army. He has a B.A. from York College of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in American history from Rutgers, and the Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Mark is a former assistant professor at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. At Shepherd College he chairs the Civil War and 19th Century America program and teaches two Civil War courses, an American history survey course, and a course on World War I. Dr. Snell’s most recent book is From First to Last: The Life of Major General William B. Franklin (2002). E-mail:
msnell@shepherd.edu
Contact: dward@civilwartours.org