Historian and Guide Biographies

Garry Adelman

A graduate of Michigan State University and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Garry Adelman is the award-winning author, co-author or editor of 20 books and 50 Civil War articles. He is the vice president of the Center for Civil War Photography and has been a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg for 25 years. He has conceived and drafted the text for wayside exhibits at ten battlefields, has given thousands of battlefield tours at more than 60 sites and has lectured at hundreds of locations across the country including the National Archives, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. He has appeared as a speaker on the BBC, C-Span, Pennsylvania Cable Network, American Heroes Channel, and on HISTORY where he was a chief consultant and talking head on the Emmy Award-winning show Gettysburg (2011) and Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color (2015). He works full-time as Chief Historian at the American Battlefield Trust.

Daniel Davis

Dan Davis, Senior Education Manager at the American Battlefield Trust. He is a native of Fredericksburg, VA where his love for the Civil War began on childhood trips to local battlefields. Dan is a graduate of Longwood University with a bachelor’s degree in Public History. Dan has worked as a Ranger/Historian at Appomattox Court House National Historical Site and the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. He is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles on the Civil War.

David Duncan

David Duncan is the President of the American Battlefield Trust. David joined the American Battlefield Trust in March 2000 after 14 years in the direct marketing political and charitable fundraising industry. His work was nationally recognized for effectiveness three times by the American Association of Political Consultants. A native Virginian, he graduated from James Madison University with a BS in Telecommunications and a Music Composition minor. He is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals as well as the Direct Marketing Association of Washington, which has awarded the Trust fifteen awards for marketing excellence. David spent more than 20 years as the organization’s primary fundraiser and Chief Development Officer before being named in October 2020 to take over the top spot with the retirement of longtime president O. James Lighthizer. David can identify three Civil War ancestors; two from the 54th VA Infantry with the Army of Tennessee, while the third was a lieutenant in the 57th VA Infantry (Armistead’s Brigade, Pickett’s Division, July 3, ’63).

Kate Egner

Kate Egner graduated from the College of William and Mary with a M.A. in American History and has a B.A. in Historic Preservation and Classics from the University of Mary Washington. Kate has experience in historic archaeology, architecture, and quantitative and digital history. As a John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library Fellow at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, she has transcribed records of the Williamsburg Public Store (1775-1780) and is continuing her research on the store’s customers, goods, and functions in revolutionary Virginia. A member of the State Historical Records Advisory Board, Virginia Association of Museums, and The Company of Military Historians, she was previously a curator for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia, and currently a Senior Manager, Digital Content at the American Battlefield Trust.

Mike Gorman

Mike Gorman is a Civil War historian known for his expertise on Richmond, Virginia, and its role during the Civil War. Mike is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and Virginia Commonwealth University.  He is an interpreter at the Richmond National Battlefield Park. Mike is the creator of the website "Civil War Richmond" and is one of the leading experts in Richmond-area Civil War photography. An avid movie buff, Mike has lent his expertise to numerous historic films and documentaries.

A. Wilson "Will" Greene

A. Wilson Greene is the former president and CEO of one of the Trust’s predecessor organizations, the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites.  He served sixteen years with the National Park Service at a variety of historic sites. Will served as the Executive Director of Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier from 1995-2017. He holds degrees in history from Florida State University and Louisiana State University. Greene is a frequent lecturer and study leader for the Smithsonian Institution, the Blue and Gray Education Society, and he has spoken to more than 100 Civil War Round Tables and provided more than 50 tours to special interest history groups. He is currently working on an in-depth trilogy of the 1864-65 Petersburg Campaign.

Robert E. L. "Bobby" Krick

Robert E. L. “Bobby” Krick has lived or worked on Civil War battlefields almost continuously since 1972. He grew up on the Chancellorsville Battlefield near Fredericksburg and graduated from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg with a degree in history. He has worked in various historical capacities at several battlefields, including Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument in Montana and Manassas National Battlefield Park. From 1991 to 2024, he was a historian at Richmond National Battlefield Park.  Krick is widely published on Civil War topics. His first book, The Fortieth Virginia Infantry, was a unit history, and in 2003, the University of North Carolina Press published Staff Officers in Gray, a biographical register of the Army of Northern Virginia’s staff officers. His recent two-volume treatment of the Battle of Gaines's Mill was published in conjunction with the American Battlefield Trust.

Dr. Chris Mackowski

Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Emerging Civil War. He is the series editor of the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series, published by Savas Beatie, and the “Engaging the Civil War” Series, published in partnership with Southern Illinois University Press. Chris is a professor of journalism and mass communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NY, and historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield in central Virginia. He has also worked as a historian for the National Park Service at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, where he gives tours at four major Civil War battlefields (Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania), as well as at the building where Stonewall Jackson died. Chris has authored or co-authored a dozen books on the Civil War, and his articles have appeared in all the major Civil War magazines. Chris serves on the national advisory board for the Civil War Chaplains Museum in Lynchburg, Virginia. Chris owes all of his success in the Civil War field to his best friend, mentor, boss, and co-author Kristopher White.