Albert E. Castel
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Albert E. Castel | |
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| Born | November 11, 1928 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | November 14, 2014 (aged 86) Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Historian, author |
| Education | University of Chicago (PhD) |
Albert E. Castel (November 11, 1928 – November 14, 2014) was an American historian and author.
He specialized in Civil War history and historiography.
Life
[edit]He was born on November 11, 1928, in Wichita, Kansas.[1]
He died on November 14, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio.[2]
Career
[edit]He graduated from the University of Chicago with a PhD. in history and taught at the Western Michigan University from 1960 to 1991.[3]
Awards
[edit]He won the Lincoln Prize for Best Civil War book in 1992 for his book Decision in the West.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla
- Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
- General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West
- William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times
- Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind
- Winning and Losing the Civil War
- The campaign for Atlanta
- Victors in Blue: How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War
- The Presidency of Andrew Johnson
- Articles of War: Winners, Losers, (and Some Who Were Both) During the Civil War
- A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861–1865
References
[edit]- ^ "Albert E. Castel". www.hillsdalecounty.info. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ a b "Albert E. Castel III obituary | WMU News | Western Michigan University". wmich.edu. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ "Albert E. Castel". Goodreads. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
