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Glenn W. LaFantasie Curriculum Vitae

Richard Frockt Family Professor of Civil War History

Department of History

Western Kentucky University

1906 College Heights Boulevard #21086

Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101-1086

270-745-4950

E-mail: glenn.lafantasie@wku.edu

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Education

Providence College, BA, History, 1971

University of Rhode Island, MA, History, 1973

Brown University, Ph.D., History, 2005

Academic and Administrative Positions

Publications Director, R.I. Bicentennial Commission/Foundation, 1974-1976

Lead historical expert, R.I. Attorney General’s Office, re: Narragansett Tribe of Indians, Inc., v. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations et al., 1976-1978

Partner, Veritas PR, Providence, R.I., 1976-1978

Adjunct Instructor, History, Providence College, 1978-1979

Editor of Publications, R.I. Historical Society, 1979-1986

Adjunct Instructor, History, University of Rhode Island, 1984-1985

Publications Director, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1985-1986

Editor and Director, The Papers of Albert Gallatin, Baruch College, 1986-1989

Director, Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1989-1991

Deputy Historian, U.S. Department of State, 1991-1995

Adjunct Instructor, History, Lord Fairfax Community College, 1997-2003

Adjunct Instructor, History, Gettysburg College, 1997, 2003

Director, Aldie Mill Historic Park, 2000-2003

Adjunct Instructor, History, University of Rhode Island, 2004

Adjunct Instructor, History, Community College of Rhode Island, 2004

Teaching Assistant, History, Brown University, 2004-2005

Assistant Professor (one-year appointment), History, University of Maine at Farmington, 2005-2006

Richard Frockt Family Professor of Civil War History and Director, Center for the Study of the Civil War in the West, Western Kentucky University, 2006-present (Center for the Study of the Civil War in the West website: wku.edu/civilwarcenter)

Awards and Honors

Research Scholar, Rhode Island Committee on the Humanities, 1983-1984

Fellow of the Rhode Island Historical Society, elected 1988

Nomination of The Correspondence of Roger Williams for the J. Franklin Jameson Award in Documentary Editing, American Historical Association, 1990

Travel Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1992

Commendations, U.S. Department of State, 1993, 1994, 1995

Commendation, National Security Council, 1994

Presidential Commendation, 1994

Finalist, Jefferson Davis Book Award, Museum of the Confederacy, 2007

Selected Publications

Articles

“An Act for All Reasons—Rhode Island Revolutionary Politics and May 4, 1776,”

Rhode Island History, 35 (May 1976), 39-47.

“Covenants of Grace, Covenants of Wrath: Niantic-Puritan Relations in New England,” with Paul R. Campbell, Rhode Island History, 37 (February 1978), 15-23.

“Scattered to the Winds of Heaven: Narragansett Indians, 1677-1880,” with Paul R. Campbell, Rhode Island History, 37 (August 1979), 67-83.

“Murder of an Indian, 1638,” Rhode Island History, 38 (August 1979), 67-77.

“Letters Home: Sergeant Charles E. Perkins in Virginia, 1862,” edited with Ray Henshaw, Rhode Island History, 39 (November 1980), 106-131.

“Roger Williams: The Inner and Outer Man,” Canadian Review of American Studies, 16 (Winter 1985), 375-394.

“A Day in the Life of Roger Williams,” Rhode Island History, 46 (August 1987), 95-111.

“Mistress [Mary] Williams,” Providence Journal Sunday Magazine (June 19, 1988), 16-19.

“Roger Williams: An Early Example of a New Political Type,” Rhode Island, 16 (October 1988), 38-41.

“The Disputed Legacy of Roger Williams,” Church & State, 42 (January 1989), 8-11.

“What Truth, Netop?: The Curious Legend of Roger Williams,” Providence Journal Sunday Magazine (July 23, 1989), 3-4.

“Roger Williams and John Winthrop: The Rise and Fall of an Extraordinary Friendship,” Rhode Island History, 47 (August 1989), 85-95.

“Roger Williams,” in Eric Foner and John A. Garraty, eds., The Readers' Companion to American History (Houghton Mifflin, 1991).

“Roger Williams,” in Richard Fox and James Kloppenberg, eds., A Companion to American Thought (Blackwell, 1995).

“Roger Williams,” in John A. Garraty, ed., American National Biography (ACLS and Oxford University Press, 2000).

“William Harris,” in John A. Garraty, ed., American National Biography (ACLS and Oxford University Press, 2000).

“William C. Oates,” in John A. Garraty, ed., American National Biography (ACLS and Oxford University Press, 2000).

“The Other Man: William C. Oates and the Battle of Little Round Top,” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, 5 (Summer 1993), 69-75. [Reprinted in Robert Cowley, ed., With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001).]

“Romance vs. Reality at Gettysburg: A Reconnaissance Report on the Books,” New York Times Book Review (June 12, 1994).

“Lincoln and the Gettysburg Awakening,” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 16 (Winter 1995), 73-89.

“Memories of Little Round Top,” in The Fourth Annual Gettysburg Seminar: Gettysburg National Military Park, March 4, 1995 (Gettysburg National Military Park, 1995), 92-111.

“Monty and Ike Take Gettysburg,” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, 8 (Autumn 1995), 67-73.

“Dwight David Eisenhower,” in Robert Cowley, ed., The Readers' Companion to Military History (Houghton Mifflin, 1996).

“Joshua Chamberlain and the American Dream,” in Gabor Boritt, ed., The Gettysburg Nobody Knows (Oxford University Press, 1997).

“Longstreet Rides Again At Gettysburg,” Columbiad, 2 (Summer 1998), 23-30.

“Considering Longstreet's Legacy,” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, 11 (Winter 1999), 60-69. [Reprinted in Robert Cowley, ed., With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001).]

“Conflicting Memories of Little Round Top,” Columbiad, 3 (Spring 1999), 106-130. [Reprinted in America's Civil War, Special Issue, July 2003.]

“Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell—Tragic Hero,” Columbiad, 3 (Fall 1999), 39-55.

“William C. Oates Remembers Little Round Top,” Gettysburg Magazine, 21 (January 2000), 57-63.

“Becoming Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,” North & South, 5 (February 2002), 28-38.

“The Inimitable William C. Oates,” Gettysburg National Military Park Website, .

“Gettysburg in the American Mind,” American History, 38 (August 2003), 58-65.

“Decimated by Disease,” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, 16 (Spring 2004), 86-92.

“The Long Shadow of King Philip,” American History, 39 (April 2004), 58-67.

“William C. Oates and the Death of General Farnsworth,” North & South, 8 (January 2005), 48-55.

“Night and Death on Little Round Top,” American History, 39 (February 2005), 48-

55, 71.

“The Trials and Triumphs of Clara Barton,” America's Civil War, 18 (May 2005), 34-40, 72.

“Joshua L. Chamberlain and the Road to Immortality,” North & South, 8 (June 2005), 40-48.

“Oldest Living Teaching Assistant Tells All,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 8, 2005.

“Mr. Lincoln and the Lost Opportunity at Gettysburg,” Civil War Times Illustrated, 54

(December 2005), 26-32, 62-63.

“Oldest Living TA Turns Professor,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 17, 2006.

“Like a Fire with Heat But No Light,” Civil War Times Illustrated, 45 (October 2006), 38-45.

“Who Was William C. Oates, and Why Should Anyone Care?” North & South, 9 (December 2006), 34-43.

“Last Assault on Little Round Top,” MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, 19 (Winter 2007), 26-33.

“William C. Oates Goes to War,” Alabama Heritage, No. 83 (Winter 2007), 8-15.

“Liberty for the Soul,” American History, 42 (April 2007), 24-29.

“The Generalship of Manning F. Force,” MHQ (forthcoming).

Books

Editor, The Correspondence of Roger Williams, 2 vols. Brown University Press/ University Press of New England, 1988.

Editor, Gettysburg: Colonel William C. Oates, C.S.A., and Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell, U.S.A., Eyewitness of the Civil War Series, Bantam Books, 1992.

General Editor of more than 50 individual volumes and approximately 10 microfiche volumes in the Foreign Relations of the United States series, Government Printing Office, 1991-1995.

Twilight at Little Round Top, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

Gettysburg Requiem: The Life and Lost Causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates, Oxford University Press, 2006.

Twilight at Little Round Top, Knopf/Vintage Civil War Library, 2007 (paper edition).

Gettysburg Requiem: The Life and Lost Causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates, Oxford University Press, 2007 (paper edition).

Selected Lectures and Papers

“Sachems and Sanaps: A Genealogical Investigation of the Narragansett and Niantic Indians, 1524-1676.” Study prepared for the R.I. Attorney General, 1976.

“Narragansett Country: Indians, Whites, and Land in Rhode Island, 1500-1728.” Study prepared for R.I. Attorney General, 1977.

“The Narragansetts and Niantics: Local Examples in American Indian Studies.” Paper read at the annual meeting of the National Educational Association (Rhode Island), Providence, October 27, 1978.

“Land Controversies and the Narragansett Indians, 1880-1938.” Study prepared for R.I. Attorney General, 1978.

“The Ins and Outs of Editing the Correspondence of Roger Williams.” Lecture delivered at the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, December 17, 1979.

“The Legacy of Roger Williams.” Paper read at the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association, Providence, March 3, 1983.

“Godly and Profane: Contemporary Opinions of Roger Williams.” Lecture delivered at Brown University, Providence, March 16, 1986.

“The Papers of John Dickinson: A Feasibility Study.” Study prepared for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1986.

“The Elusive Indians of New England.” Paper delivered at Heffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, September 27, 1986.

“Documentary Editing and the Art of Biography.” Paper read at Provost's Colloquium, Baruch College, City University of New York, March 19, 1987.

“Prospectus for Modernizing and Accelerating the Foreign Relations of the United States Series.” Report prepared for the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, 1992.

“Cold War Studies and the Foreign Relations Series.” Lecture delivered at the annual meeting of the Society for History in the Federal Government, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1993.

“The Foreign Relations Series: An Update.” Lecture delivered at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, Georgia, April 15, 1994.

“Implementation of the 1991 Foreign Relations Statute.” Report prepared for the Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation, 1994.

“Memories of Little Round Top.” Paper delivered at Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1995.

“Feeling the Past at Gettysburg.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1995.

“Stepping Back in Time at Gettysburg.” Lecture delivered at the Eastern Pennsylvania Civil War Round Table, Allentown, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1995.

“Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the Mythology of War.” Lecture delivered at the St. Louis Civil War Round Table, St. Louis, Missouri, October 25, 1995.

“A New Birth of Freedom,” Talk and tour conducted at Gettysburg National Military Park for UCLA Civil War students, August 5, 1998.

“Aldie Mill and Colonel John S. Mosby.” Paper delivered at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia, September 23, 2001.

“How Lincoln Won and Lost at Gettysburg.” Paper delivered at Leadership and the Battle of Gettysburg Conference, Gettysburg National Military Park, April 6, 2002.

“Terrain and the Face of Battle at Gettysburg: The Battlefield as Artifact.” Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Seattle, Washington, January 9, 2005.

“The Heroes of Little Round Top.” Talk delivered at the Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg, Gettysburg, July 1, 2005.

“William C. Oates and the Confederate Defeat at Gettysburg.” Talk delivered at the Fauquier Public Library, Warrenton, Virginia, June 29, 2006.

“William C. Oates and the 15th Alabama at Gettysburg.” Talk delivered to the Gettysburg Foundation, Gettysburg, July 1, 2006.

“An Alabamian’s Civil War: William C. Oates in War and Peace.” J. C. C. Sanders Lecture, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama, September 12, 2006.

“The Greatness of Abraham Lincoln.” Paper delivered to Phi Alpha Theta, Western Kentucky University, October 9, 2006.

“The Greatness of Abraham Lincoln.” Paper delivered to the Tennessee Historical Society Annual Meeting, May 10, 2007.

“Little Round Top, Then and Now.” Paper delivered at the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation, Gettysburg, PA, October 5, 2007.

“Who was William C. Oates, and Why Should Anyone Care?” Talk delivered at the Fortnightly Literary Club, Bowling Green, KY, October 11, 2007.

Comment, Session on Early American Religion, Ohio Valley History Conference, Western Kentucky University, October 20, 2007.

“The Greatness of Abraham Lincoln.” Discussion Leader, Distinct Dialogues Honors Program, Western Kentucky University, October 29, 2007.

Civil War Round Table Presentations

Central Massachusetts Civil War Round Table, Worcester, Massachusetts, October 26, 2005.

Green Mountain Civil War Round Table, Quechee, Vermont, December 13, 2005.

Rhode Island Civil War Round Table, Cranston, Rhode Island, March 15, 2006.

St. Louis Civil War Round Table, St. Louis, Missouri, April 26, 2006.

D.C. Civil War Round Table, Washington, D.C., May 9, 2006.

Civil War Round Table of the Merrimac, Salisbury, Massachusetts, May 10, 2006.

Puget Sound Civil War Round Table, Seattle, Washington, December 12, 2006.

Clarksville (TN) Civil War Round Table, February 21, 2007.

Western Ohio Civil War Round Table, Celene, Ohio, May 17, 2007.

Southern Indiana Civil War Round Table, Evansville, Indiana, July 12, 2007.

Central Ohio Civil War Round Table, Columbus, Ohio, August 8, 2007.

Chattanooga Civil War Round Table, Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 13, 2007.

Knoxville Civil War Round Table, Knoxville, Tennessee, August 14, 2007.

Alabama Civil War Round Table, Birmingham, Alabama, September 13, 2007.

Current Projects

Gettysburg Heroes: Perfect Soldiers, Hallowed Ground (forthcoming, Spring 2008, Indiana University Press).

Lincoln and Grant (under contract, Oxford University Press).

All for Liberty: Civil War America and the Spirit of 1776 (in progress).

Other Professional Activities

Committee on a Manual for Documentary Editing, Association for Documentary Editing, 1979-1983.

Executive Council, Association for Documentary Editing, 1984-1985.

Federal Policy Committee, Association for Documentary Editing, 1989-1995.

Board of Editors, The Papers of Albert Gallatin, 1989-1995.

Advisory Committee, Division of General Programs. Public Humanities Program, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1989-1991.

Advisory Board, Protect Historic America, 1994-1995.

Consultant:

“Gettysburg Reenactments,” July 3, 1995, produced for "Good Morning America," ABC News.

“Reliving the Civil War,” a documentary film by Allegheny Pictures, 1997 (not produced).

“Lee at Gettysburg,” The Unknown Civil War, a documentary film by Greystone Communications, 1998.

“Chamberlain at Gettysburg,” The Unknown Civil War, a documentary film by Greystone Communications, 1998.

“Something Abides: A Year in the Life of Gettysburg,” a documentary film by Moon House Media (not produced).

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