GARY D. JOINER Home Address: 1039 Blanchard Place Shreveport, LA 71104 Phone: (H) 318-221-2853 (W) 318-798-4176
Work Address: Louisiana State University in Shreveport Department of History and Social Sciences One University Place Shreveport, LA 71115-2399 e-mail:
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NOTE: All information in RED indicates new activity between April 1, 2011 to present. (30) indicates number of people in attendance in public lectures. Associate Professor of History Director, Red River Regional Studies Center Mary Anne and Leonard Selber Professor of History Series Editor, The Western Theater in the Civil War, University of Tennessee Press Employment: Adjunct Instructor (1995-1997), Full-time Instructor (1997-2004), & Assistant Professor of History, LSU in Shreveport, 2004-present Areas of Specialty: American Civil War, American military history, Louisiana history, Colonial and Revolutionary War, Louisiana geography, geographic information systems, Roman history, Middle Eastern history, and western civilization. Education: Ph.D., St. Martin’s College, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, 2004 M.A., Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, 1975 B.A., Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, 1973, double majors in history and geography Books: Eric Brock and Gary D. Joiner, Red River Steamboats, Arcadia Tempus Publishing, 1999. Marguerite Plummer and Gary D. Joiner, Historic Shreveport- Bossier City, Historical Publishing Network, 2000. Gary D. Joiner, One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864, Scholarly Resources, 2003. ***2004 Albert Castel Award and 2005 A. M. Pate, Jr. Award Theodore P. Savas, David Woodbury, and Gary D. Joiner editors, The Red River Campaign: Union and Confederate Leadership and the War in Louisiana, Parabellum Press, 2003. Gary D. Joiner, Marilyn S. Joiner, Clifton D. Cardin, editors, No Pardons to Ask Nor Apologies to Make: The Journal of William Henry King, Gray’s 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, University of Tennessee Press, May 2006. Gary D. Joiner, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, University of Tennessee Press, October 2006. Gary D. Joiner and Timothy B. Smith, editors of O. Edward Cunningham, Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862, Savas Beatie, March 2007. Gary D. Joiner, editor, Little to Eat and Thin Mud to Drink: Letters, Diaries, and Memoirs of the Red River Campaign, University of Tennessee Press, March 2007. Gary D. Joiner, Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: The Mississippi Squadron, Rowman and Littlefield, August, 2007. Gary D. Joiner and Ernie Roberson, Lost Shreveport: Vanishing Scenes from the Red River Valley, History Press, June 2010. Gary D. Joiner and Cheryl White, Historic Haunts of Shreveport, History Press, August 2010.
Refereed Articles, Book Chapters, and Reviews: Gary D. Joiner and Edmund Vetter, “The Union Naval Expedition on the Red River Campaign,” Civil War Regiments, Vol. IV, no. 2, (1994), 26-67. Also published in The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Series in Louisiana History, Vol. 5, The Civil War in Louisiana: Part A Military Activity, Center For Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2002, 427-61. Edmund Vetter and Gary D. Joiner, “Photographs and Drawings” The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research, Greenwood Press, (1996) 111-120. Gary D. Joiner, “Invitation to a Ball: Confederate Defenses on the Red River 1863-1865,” Historians of the Western Theater
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of the Civil War [On-line journal] Mississippi State University, 2001. Douglas Bible, Gary Joiner, et al., “Environmental effects on residential property values resulting from the contamination effects of a creosote plant site” Property Management, Vol. 20, no. 5 (2002) 383-391. Gary D. Joiner, “The Red River Campaign” Hallowed Ground, Vol. 3, no. 4, (2002), 18-21. Gary D. Joiner “Up the Red River and Down to Defeat,” America’s Civil War (March 2004) 22-29. This was also published in Pivotal Battles and Campaigns of a Decisive Year - 1864: Grinding, Relentless War, Primedia Publishing, (October 2004,) 11-17. Gary D. Joiner, “The Congressional Investigation Following the Red River Campaign: North Louisiana History, Vol. XXXV, No. 4 (Fall 2004), 147-167. Douglas Bible, Gary D. Joiner, etal, “Analysis of the Effects of Contamination by a Creosote Plant Upon Property Values,” The Appraisal Journal Vol. LXXIII, No. 1, (Winter 2005), 87-97. Gary D. Joiner, “The Red River Campaign,” Louisiana Cultural Vistas (Fall 2006), 58-69. Curtis Milbourn and Gary Joiner, “The Battle of Blair’s Landing,” North and South, Vol. 9, no. 7, (February 2007), 12-21. Gary D. Joiner, "Fred Steele's Dilemma and Kirby Smith's Quest for Glory," in The Earth Reeled and the Trees Trembled: Civil War Arkansas 1863-1864, Old Statehouse Press, Little Rock, AR, 2007, 90-105. Gary D. Joiner and Timothy B. Smith, editors of O. Edward Cunningham, “A Loss of Innocence at Shiloh,” Civil War Times, Vol. XLVI, No. 4, (June 2007), 44 -51. Gary D. Joiner, “The Mystery of the New Falls City,” North Louisiana History, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 2-3, (Spring/Summer 2007), 84-101. Gary D. Joiner, "A Question of Secession," Louisiana Cultural Vistas (Fall 2007), 61-67. Gary D. Joiner, "To Defend the Sacred Soil of Texas: Tom Green and the Texas Cavalry in the Red River Campaign," East Texas Historical Journal, XLVI, No. 1, January 2008. Gary D. Joiner, “Mapping the Red River Valley After Freeman and Custis,” Museum of Sciences Bulletin 14, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, June 2008. Gary D. Joiner, “Nature of the Beast,” Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Summer 2008. Gary D. Joiner, “Defending the Lone Star: The Texas Cavalry in the Red River Campaign,” in The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil War, 1861-1865, Edited by Kenneth Howell. University of North Texas Press, March 2009 Gary D. Joiner, “Soul-stirring Music to Our Ears’: Gunboats at Shiloh,” The Shiloh Campaign, Southern Illinois University Press, April 2009. Edited by Steven Woodworth. Douglas Bible and Gary D. Joiner, “Adjustable rate mortgages and the mortgage crisis,” Property Management, Vol. 27, no. 3, 152-162, December 2009. Gary D. Joiner, Series Editor’s Forward, Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 1, Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Arthur Bergeron, Jr., editors, University of Tennessee Press, June 2010. . Gary D. Joiner, Series Editor’s Forward, Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 2, Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Arthur Bergeron, Jr., editors, University of Tennessee Press, June 2010. Gary D. Joiner, Series Editor’s Forward, John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory, Brian Miller author University of Tennessee Press, June 2010. Gary D. Joiner, 22 articles in The Civil War Naval Encyclopedia, Spencer C. Tucker, editor, ABC-CLIO, 2011. Articles include, “USS Baltic,” “USS Baron DeKalb,” “Bibliographic entries,” “Chronology,” USS Eastport,: Ellet, Alfred,” USS Forest Rose,” Fremont, John C.,” “Grand Gulf,” “Kilty, Augustus,” “USS Lexington,” “Mississippi Squadron,” “USS Osage,” “Phelps, Seth Ledyard,” “USS Pittsburg,” “Porter, William,” “USS Queen of the West,” “Riverine Warfare,” “Shirk, William,” “Strategy, Naval, CSA,” “Strategy, Naval, USA,” and “USS Tyler.” Gary D. Joiner and Ernie Roberson, “When Shreveport Went Dry,” Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Winter 2011-12, 66-75. Reviews Confederate Admiral for Civil War News. Louisiana in World War II for Journal of the West. Arkansas in the Civil War for The Times. No Spark of Malice for Journal of the West. In Their Words for The Times. Geography of the Vicksburg Campaign – Journal of the Historians of the Civil War Western Theater (online.) Gone for Soldiers – The Times. The Red River Campaign: Politics and Cotton in the Civil War - Journal of the Historians of the Civil War Western Theater (online.) Fighting Lady – The Times.
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Unlikely Warriors –Blue and Grey. 98 Days - Journal of the Historians of the Civil War Western Theater (online.) Rethinking Southern Violence – The Times. A Short History of the Civil War at Sea - The Civil War Book Review. Francois Valle and His World: Upper Louisiana Before Louis and Clark by Carl Ekberg for Journal of the West. Now for the Contest: Coastal and Oceanic Naval Operations in the Civil War – University of Nebraska Press. General Thomas S. Woodward and Woodward’s Reminiscences – The Journal of Southern History. Iron From the Deep: The Discovery and Recovery of the USS Monitor- The Civil War Book Review. Walker’s Texas Division C.S.A.: Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi - The Civil War Book Review, April 2005. Champion Hill: Decisive Battle For Vicksburg - The Civil War Book Review, May 2005. Spartan Band: Burnett’s 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War- The Civil War Book Review, June 2005. For Free Press and Equal Rights: Republican Newspapers in the Reconstruction South, H-Net, June 2005. The Lost Letterbook of Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley, University of Oklahoma Press, October 2005. Searching for Liberty: The Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1800 for Kaplan Publishing, November 2006. Gary D. Joiner, review of manuscript “Leather Britches Smith—Slain” by Keagan LeJeune, University of Oklahoma Press, March 2007. Gary D. Joiner, review of Marcus Toney’s, Privations of a Private— Tennessee Historical Quarterly, March 2007. Gary D. Joiner, review of Richard Abbott’s For Equal Press and Equal Rights: Republican Newspapers in the Reconstruction South, H-Net, November 2007. Gary D. Joiner, review of manuscript “Confederate Generals in the Western Theater,” Lawrence Lee Hewitt, editor, for the University of Tennessee Press, April 2008. Gary D. Joiner, review of “Confederate Naval Cadet,” for The Northern Mariner, April 2008. Gary D. Joiner, manuscript review of “A Modest Historiographical Proposal: There was No Offensive-Defensive Confederate Strategy” for the Journal of Military History, May 2008. Gary D. Joiner, review of manuscript “Confederate Generals in the Western Theater,” Volume 2, Lawrence Lee Hewitt, editor, for the University of Tennessee Press, September 2008. Gary D. Joiner, review of manuscript “In Defense of My Native State: Why Texans Fought in the Civil War,” by Charles Grear, for the Texas A & M Press, September 2008. Gary D. Joiner, review of Paul F. Paskoff’s Troubled Wagers: Steamboat Disasters, River Improvements, and American Public Policy, 1821-1860, Louisiana State University Press, 2007 for the Journal of Mississippi History, February 2009. Gary D. Joiner, review of Charles D. Grear’s (editor), The Fate of Texas, The Civil War in the Long Star State, University of Arkansas Press, January 2009. Gary D. Joiner, review of manuscript “Worthy of the Cause for Which We Fight: The Civil War Diary of Brigadier General Daniel Harris Reynolds, 1861-1865” editied by Robert Patrick Reynolds, for the University of Tennessee Press, March 2009. Gary D. Joiner, review of manuscript “Record of the Organizations Engaged in the Campaign, Siege, and Defense of Vicksburg” edited by Timothy Smith for the University of Tennessee Press, March 2009. Gary D. Joiner, manuscript review of John Bell Hood and the Fight for Civil War Memory, Brian Miller author, University of Tennessee Press, September 2009. Gary D. Joiner, manuscript review of Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 1, Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Arthur Bergeron, Jr., editors, University of Tennessee Press, October 2009. Gary D. Joiner, manuscript review of Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 2, Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Arthur Bergeron, Jr., editors, University of Tennessee Press, November 2009. Gary D. Joiner, manuscript review of Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Volume 3, Lawrence Lee Hewitt and Arthur Bergeron, Jr., editors, University of Tennessee Press, January 2010. Gary D. Joiner, manuscript review of “Thunder Across the Swamp: The Fight for the Lower Mississippi, February-May 1863, “for The [Texas] State House Press, October 2010. Gary D. Joiner manuscript review of “Ruined By This Miserable War”: A French Diplomat’s View of the American Civil War and Reconstruction: Charles Prosper Fauconnet in New Oreans and the Gulf Coast Region, 1863-1868, Edited by Carl A. Brasseaux and Katherin Carmines Mooney, Translated by Carl A. Brasseux, University of Tennessee Press, January 2011. Publications Guest editorial on census, Shreveport Times, March 15, 2000. “I Will Fight Banks If He Has a Million Men,” DeSoto Plume, 37, no. 3 (Spring 2002), 2-10.
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“Confederate Encampments Prior to the Battle of Mansfield,” DeSoto Plume, Vol. 39, no. 4, (Winter 2005), 9-10. “Perish the Thought of Parishes? Not in Colorful Louisiana!” Forum News, Vol. XVIII, issue XXXII (April 26, 2006.) “The Weeping Angel and Other Fascinating Sights to See,” Best of Times, October 2006. “A Burr, a Ferry, and a Cremaillere,” City Life, October 5-November 2, 2006. “‘Island Vacation’ a Car Ride Away,” City Life, December 6-January 4, 2007. “For Love of Home and Family,” City Life, February 1-February 28, 2007. “Elephants, Hangmen & Cavaliers: 10 Little Known Facts About North Louisiana,” Best of Times, March 2007. “Part of a Lost Generation,” City Life, April 1- April 30, 2007. “Who Can Be a Historian,” City Life, May 1 - June 6, 2007. “Experience Heritage Tourism,” City Life, June 7 - July 5, 2007. “Louisiana Flag History,” City Life, July 5, August 1, 2007. "A Textbook in Every Hand," City Life, September 6- October 3, 2007. "What is a Terrorist?" City Life, October 4- October 31, 2007. "The Scent of a Book," City Life, November 1-December 5, 2007. "A Queen of a Steamboat in Peril," City Life, December 6, 2007-January 2, 2008. " The Makings of a Thinner History," City Life, January 3, 2008-February 7, 2008. "How the Red Was Won: Exploring the 'Port' Part of Shreveport's Heritage," The Best of Times, January 2008. "Shreveport Waterworks," City Life, February 7- March 5, 2008. "I Used to Hate History, But…," City Life, March 6- April 3, 2008. “History Comes Alive: Battle of Pleasant Hill Reenactments,” The Forum Newsweekly, March 19, 2008. “Fertitta’s: An American Success Story,” City Life, April 4- April 30, 2008. “Fraternal Orders,” City Life, May 1- June 4, 2008. “LSU borrows tiger’s name from Civil War,” the Forum Newsweekly, May 7, 2008. “Water, Everywhere,” the Forum Newsweekly, June 4, 2008. “Shreveport, Texas?” the Forum Newsweekly, July 2, 2008. “Shreveport submarines?” the Forum Newsweekly, August 2, 2008. “Caddo Indians,” the Forum Newsweekly, September 3, 2008. “Remnants of War,” the Forum Newsweekly, October 8, 2008. “Captain Shreve,” the Forum Newsweekly, November 5, 2008. “Who was the Worst President?” the Forum Newsweekly, December 6, 2008. “The First and Worst,” the Forum Newsweekly, January 7, 2009. “Presidential Term Limits,” the Forum Newsweekly, February 9, 2009. “Civil War Reenactments,” the Forum Newsweekly, March 2, 2009. “Remnants,” the Forum Newsweekly, May 6, 2009. Review of “The Commissioner,” the Forum Newsweekly, May 20, 2009. “Water Everywhere,” the Forum Newsweekly, June 3, 2009. “Old Glory,” the Forum Newsweekly, July 1, 2009. “Protecting the Past,” the Forum Newsweekly, September 2, 2009. “The Great Depression,” the Forum Newsweekly, November 18, 2009. “Churches, Brothels in Shreveport,” the Forum Newsweekly, December 2, 2009. “Change in the Channel,” the Forum News, January 13, 2010. “Higher ed cuts short-sighted,” the Shreveport Times, editorial, January 15, 2010. “Presidential Terms” the Forum News, February 5, 2010 “Civil War Reenactments” the Forum, March 6, 2010 “Civil War Action: Particpants Bring Ancestors to Life,” the Forum , April 7, 2010. “Was Uncle Earl Crazy? Movie Weaves a Great Story,” the Forum, May 5, 2010 ”The Future ‘Texoarkla: and the Right to Secede,” the Forum, June 2, 2010. “Tea Party and Elephants,” the Forum July 14, 2010. “Significant Shreveport: Old Buildings and burial sites,” the Forum, August 11, 2010. “Ruse: Humbug’s faux artillery reminder of cunning Confederates,” the Forum, September 8, 2010. “Highs and Lows: Levees and Ditches signs of old Wateways,” the Forum, October 6, 2010. “War & Peace: WWI Vets faced hard times,” the Forum, November 3, 2010. “Census: How Relaiable is Older Data,” the Forum, December 1, 2010. “ Secession: Reasons Louisiana Left the Union,” the Forum, January 12, 2011. “United: Shreveport once comprised of smaller towns,” the Forum, February 9, 2011. “Street Smarts: Texas Avenue, Street, , the Forum, March 9, 2011.
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“Mystery Malls,” the Forum, April 6, 2011. “Gone With the Wind,” the Forum May 4, 2011. “Silver Lake,” the Forum, June 1, 2011. “Rich In History: Area Around 3132 has Extensive Past,” the Forum, July 13, 2011. “I-49 Extension: Road to Nowhere?” the Forum, August 10, 2011. “Chalk Level Plantation,” the Forum, September 7, 2011. “River Runs Through It,” the Forum, October 5, 2011. “Mapped Out,” the Forum November 2, 2011. “Fond Farewell,” the Forum, December 14, 2011.
Media “History Matters” program, Red River Radio, -present Air Dates Series 1 1. Why History Matters September, 9, 2006 2. The Great Man Theory September 19, 2006 3. The Middle East September 26, 2006 4. The Aleutians in World War II October 3, 2006 5. Steamboats October 10, 2006 6. Pioneer Roads October 17, 2006 7. Ghost Towns October 24, 2006 8. Geologic History October 31, 2006 9. Landscapes November 7, 2006 10. Jefferson, Texas November 14, 2006 11. History for Sale November 21, 2006 12. Cemeteries November 28, 2006 Series 2 13. Why Study the Civil War? December 5, 2006 14. Cotton, the miracle fiber December 12, 2006 15. Military Uniforms December 19, 2006 16. Spies in Louisiana January 7, 2007 17. Political Parties January 9, 2007 18. Camp Ford, Texas January 16, 2007 19. C.C. Antoine January 23, 2007 20. Burr’s Ferry January 30, 2007 21. Immigrants February 6, 2007 22. The Bonnie Blue Flag February 14, 2007 23. Poison Spring February 20, 2007 24. Homer Plessy March 6, 2007 Series 3 25. Prices in History March 13, 2007 26. Etruscans March 20, 2007 27. Poverty Point Indians March 27, 2007 28. Battle of Mansfield April 3, 2007 29. Camp Ruston POW camp April 10, 2007 30. U-Boats in the Gulf of Mexico April 17, 2007 31. Texas Cavalry in the Civil War April 24, 2007 32. Missiles of October May 1, 2007 33. Yellow Jack / Yellow Fever May 8, 2007 34. Generals as Presidents May 15, 2007 35. Revenge Balkans Style May 22, 2007 36. Flight and Fight May 29, 2007 Series 4 37. D-Day June 5, 2007 38. Scots and the South June 12, 2007
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39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. Series 5 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. Series 6 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71, 72. Series 7 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. Series 8 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
Indians June 19, 2007 Fort Jesup June 26, 2007 Sacred Soil July 3, 2007 St. Denis July 10, 2007 Islands in the Red River July 17, 2007 Terrorists July 24, 2007 Roman Soldiers July 31, 2007 Lost Generation August 7, 2007 Walter O'Crain August 14, 2007 Fourth Fighter Group August 21, 2007 Autographs August 28, 2007 Eugene Woodruff September 4, 2007 Huey Long and Education September 11, 2007 Pig Trails September 18, 2007 Benjamin Grierson October 2, 2007 Cemetery Iconography October 9, 2007 Panic and Depression October 16, 2007 The Dust Bowl October 23, 2007 Fraternal Orders October 30, 2007 Slavery November 6, 2007 History of Money November 13, 2007 Saunders Museum November 20, 2007 Winter Quarters November 27, 2007 Pandemic December 4, 2007 Dr. John Sibley December 11, 2007 Lotteries and Louisiana December 18, 2007 Christmas Truce December 25, 2007 What New Year is it? January 1, 2008 The Battle of New Orleans January 8, 2008 The Industrial Revolution January 15, 2008 The Great Colfax Riot January22, 2008 Hot Springs January29, 2008 Haller Nutt February 5, 2008 Dirt February 12, 2008 David Dixon Porter February 19, 2008 Sabine Strip February 26, 2008 Colonel Joseph Bailey March 4, 2008 The Battle of Marathon March 11, 2008 Oakland Cemetery March 18, 2008 Avoyelles Prairie March 25, 2008 The 1812 Overture, April 1, 2008 Richard Taylors Finest Day April 8, 2008 The Battle of San Jacinto April 15, 2008 Pirates April 22, 2008 Barbara Tuchman April 29, 2008 Prohibition May 6, 2008 Bayou Dorcheat May 13, 2008 Cypress Trees May 20, 2008 Decoration Day May 27, 2008 Scottsville Cemetery June 3, 2008 Liverpool and the Slave Trade June 10, 2008 Waterloo June 17, 2008
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91. Cajun and Creole June 24, 2008 92. Marquis de Lafayette July 1, 2008 93. Louisiana Buffalo July 8, 2008 94. King John Sobieski July 15, 2008 95. War Dogs July 22, 2008 96. Atchafalaya Basin July 29, 2008 Series 9 97. General Paul Tibbets August 5, 2008 98. Photography August 12, 2008 99. Jean Lafitte August 19, 2008 100. Hurricanes August 26, 2008 101. Indigo September 2, 2008 102. Kurds September 9, 2008 103. Greenwood, Louisiana September 16, 2008 104. Devil’s Elbow September 23, 2008 105. WPA September 30, 2008 106. Nathanael Green October 21, 2008 107. Bernardo de Galvez October 30, 2008 108. Sugar Cane November 4, 2008 Series 10 109. Armistice Day November 11, 2008 110. Warren G. Harding November 18, 2008 111. Pilgrims and Indians November 25, 2008 112. Tabasco December 2, 2008 113. Gulf Stream December 9, 2008 114. Trail of Tears December 16, 2008 115. Cross the Delaware December 23, 2008 116. Slave Narratives December 30, 2008 117. A Historian’s Perspective January 6, 2009 118. American Cemetery January 13, 2009 119. Silent Cal January 20, 2009 120. Salt January 27, 2009 Series 11 121. Plaquemine Locks February 3, 2009 122. President Washington February 10, 2009 123. Sarah Knox Taylor Davis February 17, 2009 124. Texas Avenue Black Entrepreneurs February 24, 2009 125. Stephen D. Lee March 3, 2009 126. Dog Trot houses March 24, 2009 127. Edwin C. Bearss March 31, 2009 128. Military Bands April 7, 2009 129. Solomon Northrup April 14, 2009 130. Nathaniel P. Banks April 21, 2009 131. Johnny Clem April 28, 2009 132. Atomic Age May 5, 2009 Series 12 133. Wild Horses of the West May 12, 2009 134. Teddy Bear May 19, 2009 135. Jonathan Edwards May 26, 2009 136. Tombstone, Arizona Jyne 2, 2009 137. Winchester Rifles June 9, 2009 138. Fireside Chat June 16, 2009 139. 7th Cavalry June 23, 2009 140. Declaration of Independence June 30, 2009 141. Boer War July 7, 2009 142. Wyatt Earp July 16, 2009
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143. :Levittown July 23, 2009 144. Pompeii July 30, 2009 Series 13 145. Jeep August 4, 2009 146. O. Winston Link August 11, 2009 147. U.S. in the Philippines August 18, 2009 148. Steam August 25, 2009 149. Uncle Earl September 8, 2009 150. Sputnik September 15, 2009 151. Diamond Trade September 22, 2009 152. Bosporus Straits September 29, 2009 153. Shreveport Historic Preservation Society October 6, 2009 154. Oakland Tour October 27, 2009 155. Fort Benning November 3, 2009 156. Marine Corps November 10, 2009 Series 14 157. Revisionists November 17,2009 158. Defending Barksdale November 24, 2009 159. U.S. Civil War Naval Museum, December 1, 2009 160. Pearl Harbor December 8, 2009 161. Salvation Army December 15, 2009 162. James Ossuary December 22, 2009 163. Glass December 29, 2009 164. Hours and Minutes January 5, 2010 165. Texaco Airfield January 12, 2010 166. Robert E. Lee January 19. 2010 167. Tunguska January 26, 2010 168. The Importance of Abraham Lincoln February 9, 2010 Series 15 169. The Molly Maguires February 16, 2010 170. Booker T. Washington February 23, 2010 171. St. Gaudens March 16, 2010 172. Civil War in Northeast Louisiana March 23, 2010 173. Monuments at Mansfield April 6, 2010 174. Yellow Fever and Funerary Art April 14, 2010 175. Great Raft April 20, 2010 176. Krakatoa April 27, 2010 177. What is Old May 4, 2010 178. Preservation May 11, 2010 179. Origins of Barksdale Air Force Base May 14, 2010 180. Explorers and the Gulf Coast May 25, 2010 Series 16 181. Amanda Clark June 1, 2010 182. Gulf Coast Forts June 8, 2010 183. New London Texas School Explosion June 15, 2010 184. Operation Barbarossa June 22, 2010 185. Unfinished History June 29, 2010 186. Albert Pike July 6, 2010 187. Nathan Goldkind July 13, 2010 188. B-52 July 206, 2010 189. Importance of Letters July 27, 2010 190. Rhinebeck, New York August 3, 2010 191. Young Andrew Jackson August 10, 2010 192. Fort Gibson August 17, 2010 Series 17 193. House of the Seasons, August 24, 2010
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194. Huey Long Birthday, August 31, 2010 195. Marcy and Fuller, September 14, 2010 196. Autumnal Equinox, September 21, 2010 197. Across Cultures, September 28, 2010 198. Theodora Hunt, October 26, 2010 199. Dr. Willis Butler, November 1, 2010 200. Waiting for the Forst, November 11, 2010 201. Old Post Offices, November 23, 2010 202. Korea, November 30, 2010 203. Constellations, December 14, 2010 204. December of 1776 (December 21, 2010 Series 18 205. 8th Air Force Museum, December 28, 2010 206. Queen Wilhelmina State Park, January 4, 2011 207. Battle of New Orleans, January 11, 2011 208. Simon Girty, January 18, 2011 209. Louisiana Secession, January 25, 2011 210. PMarathon February 1, 2011 211. Pirates February 8, 2011 212. Plaquemine Locks, February 15, 2011 213. Solomon Northup February 22, 2011 214. Tombstone, Arizona, March 15, 2011 215. Uncle Earl, March 22, 2011 216. Poverty Point, March 29, 2011 Series 19 217. Cyrus the Great, April 5, 2011 218. Titanic, April 12, 2011 219. Lexington and Concord, April 19, 2011 220. April in Louisiana, April 26, 2011 221. Star of the West, May 3, 2011 (Break in numbers from RRR) 225. El Camino Real, May 10, 2011 226. Morganza Flood, May 17, 20112011 (Break in numbers from RRR) 229. Hurricanes, June 7, 2011 230. Wizard of Oz, June 14, 2011 231. Railroads, June 231, 2011 232. Custer, June 28, 2011 233. Lyons Wakeman, July 5, 2011 (Break in numbers from RRR) Series 20 235. Lincoln Brigade, July, 19, 2011 236. Dominique You, July 26, 2011 237. Burr’s Ferry August 2, 2011 238. Immigrants August 10, 2011 239. Dust Bowl, August 16, 2011 240. Scottsville Cemetery August 23, 2011 241. Huey Long, August 30, 2011 242. Panic and Depression, September 6, 2011. 243. Fraternal Orders, September 13, 2011. 244. John Sibley, September 20, 2011. 245. Eugene Woodruff, September 27, 2011. 246. Missiles of October, October 4, 2011. 247. October Surprise October 11, 2011. 248. Toledo Bend Raft, November 2, 2011. 249. Marine Corps Birthday, November 8, 2011. 250. Wright Island, November 15, 2011. 251. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 2011. 252. Lion of the Lake, November 29, 2011.
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253. Eric Brock, December 6, 2011. 254. Robert Todd Lincoln, December 13, 2011. 255. Frontiers, December 20, 2011. 256. McNeill Street Artillery Batter, December 27, 2011. 257. Political Parties, January 3, 2012 Series 21 258. Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial, January 10, 2012
Technical Reports View-shed study to determine impact of hotel high-rise on adjacent historic district. Phase I Cultural/Historical Study (section 106) City of Shreveport, review of proposed festival site for historical importance, 1998 Phase I Cultural/Historical Study (section 106) City of Shreveport, review of Union Pacific Railroad property to determine historical importance, 1999. Phase I Cultural/Historical Impact Study (section 106) City of Shreveport, study for construction of proposed Shreveport Convention Center, 1999. Phase I Cultural/Historical Impact Study (section 106) City of Shreveport, study for construction of proposed Shreveport Convention Center (Tract E2,) 2000. Cultural/economic impact study of Lincoln Creosote site, Bossier City, Louisiana, 2000. Red River riverscape project to determine historical importance along Cross Bayou-Downtown Shreveport-Red River riverfront, 2000. Phase I Historical/Archaeological Impact Study (section 106) Horseshoe Casino, 2001. Phase I Historical/Archaeological Impact Study (section 106) Bossier City Riverwalk Entertainment District, 2001. Phase I Historical/Archaeological Impact Study (section 106) Bossier City Riverwalk Entertainment District – maritime archaeological survey, 2001. Phase I Historical/Archaeological Impact Study (section 106) Kentucky Plantation Development, Shreveport, LA (The Haven,) 2002 Phase I Historical/Archaeological Impact Study (section 106) of Shed Road in Bossier City, 2002. Management Summary Report for the Louisiana Division of Archaeology of proposed Shreveport Convention Center. 2002. Phase I Historical/Archaeological Impact Study (section 106) Twelve Oaks Development, Shreveport, Louisiana, 2003. Phase II and Phase III Archaeological Investigations of the Shipwreck Kentucky (Site 16BO358) At Eagle Bend, Pool 5, Red River Waterway, Bossier Parish, Louisiana Final Report, April 2004. Phase I Historical/Archaeological Impact Study (section 106) Red River South Marina, Bossier Parish, December 2004. Expert witness testimony and report in the case of Hamel’s Farm, L.L.C. v. Ike Muslow, M.D. and Berte A. Muslow No. 494,740-A, First Judicial District Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Provided geographic and historical analysis for Dr. and Mrs. Muslow. Accepted area of expertise – history, digital cartography, geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. Client won judgment on April 30, 2007. History of the Great Raft and Navigation on Bayou Dorcheat and Lake Bistineau - Attorney General of the State of Louisiana - United States v. Drexel Energy - trial date not set, additional research and writing ongoing. Geographic Information System project for the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in preparation of a Scenic ByWay Plan for the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. (June-December, 2007). Analysis of the Navigability Potential Along Upper Bayou Dorcheat, Webster Parish, Louisiana- co-authored with George J. Castille, III, submitted to the Louisiana Office of State Lands, March 21, 2009. Phase I Cultural Resources Survey: For Northeast Louisiana Telephone Company, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, submitted to USDA-RUS, Louisiana Division of Archaeology, SHPO, October 14, 2010. Phase I Historical /Archaeological Investigation and Mitigation of Old Gravel Point Cemetery: Reclaiming History Along the ETC Tiger Pipeline Corridor in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, prepared for ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC, submitted to Louisiana Division of Archaeology, SHPO, and FERC, October 18, 2010. Co-authored with William Stanyard. Public report of the Old Gravel Point Cemetery Project, Old Gravel Point Cemetery: The ETC Tiger Pipeline Project: Restoring a Historic Burial Place in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, October 18, 2010. Co-authored with William Stanyard. Analysis of the Navigability of Sand Beach Bayou, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, July 22, 2011, Technical Report and Affidavit submitted to Baker, Donelson, Berkowitz, Attorneys, New Orleans, Louisiana. Analysis of the Movement of Red River at Ashland Plantation in Red River Parish between 1839 and 1957, September 7, 2011. Technical Report submitted to Wiener, Weiss & Madison, Attorneys, Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Professional Presentations: “The Roman Army in Egypt.” Presented at the Southwest Social Sciences Conference in Galveston, Texas, October 2000. “The Use of Technology in the Study of History.” Presented at the Millennium Conference, LSU-Shreveport, in conjunction with leading a panel, October 5, 2000. “The Use of Technology in the Study of the Civil War.” Presented to Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science, February 16, 2001. “Technology in the Study of the Civil War.” Presented at Southern Historical Association Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, March 14, 2001. “The Changing Face of Shreveport and the Red River.” Presented to Louisiana Preservation Alliance, June 1, 2001. “The Effects of Brownfields on Real Estate.” Presented at the First International Real Estate Conference in Alyeska, Alaska, with Dr. Douglas Bible, July 19, 2001. “Technology in the Study of History.” Presented at the Southern Historical Association in New Orleans, November 18, 2001. “Naval Battles of the Civil War.” Presented as part of the Civil War Lecture Series by the Department of History on January 10, 2002. “Confederate Defensive Strategy in the Red River Valley.” Presented to the Louisiana Historical Association in Lafayette, Louisiana, March 29, 2003. “Abraham Lincoln and the Origins of the Red River Campaign.” Presented at the 2003 Jefferson/Lincoln conference at LSU in Shreveport, October 18, 2003. “Scholarship in the Red River Campaign.” Presented at the Red River Campaign Symposium at LSU-Alexandria, March 27, 2004. “Battlefield Preservation at Mansfield.” Presented at the Red River Campaign Symposium at LSU-Alexandria, March 27, 2004. “Camden Campaign of 1864.” Presented at the Department of Arkansas Heritage Third Annual Old State House Museum Civil War Symposium, October 9, 2004. “Red River Campaign.” Presented at the 11th Annual Civil War Symposium at Hillsboro College, Hillsboro, Texas, November 21, 2004. “Nathaniel Prentiss Banks: The Road to Obscurity.” Presented at the Society for Military History Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, February 26, 2005. “Tom Green: To Save the Sacred Soil of Texas.” Presented at the Texas State Historical Association Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, March 5, 2005. “Cartography of the Red River, 1806 to Present.” Presented at the Freeman and Custis Red River Expedition Symposium at LSU-Shreveport, June 16, 2006. “Finding the Past: Reconstructing the Red River Campaign.” Presented as part of the Heritage Resources Public Lecture Series, Northwestern State University, June 2006. “William Henry King and Gray’s 28th Louisiana Infantry.” Presented at the 18th Annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, Memphis, Tennessee, October 25, 2006. “William Henry King: No Pardons to Ask Nor Apologies to Make.” Louisiana Historical Association Annual Conference, Alexandria, Louisiana, March 23, 2007. “North Louisiana 1864: History, Politics, and the Environment.” McNeese Banners Series, McNeese University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, April 26, 2007. "The Red River Campaign: Why is it Important?" 21st Annual Deep Delta Symposium, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, June 8-9, 2007. "Annexations: Where, Why and How" 1st Annual Upstate Louisiana Land Use Planning and Real Estate Development Law Conference, LSU in Shreveport, August 24, 2007. "History, Geography, and Archaeology: Their uses in Cultural Resource Management," U.S. Forest Service Kisatchie Heritage Conference, Bossier City, Louisiana, September 6, 2007. "The Importance of the Red River Campaign," Red River Campaign Symposium, Young-Sanders Center for the Study of the War Between the States in Louisiana, September 22, 2007. "Little to Eat and Thin Mud to Drink," Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, November 3, 2007. "The Mississippi Squadron in the Red River Campaign," Broadside: III of the Civil War Naval History Symposium, U.S. Civil War Naval Museum, Columbus, Georgia, November 10, 2007. “Albert Sidney Johnston’s Plan for the Battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862,” 22 nd Deep Delta Symposium, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, June 6-7, 2008. Panel Chair and presenter “The Navy in the Red River, Spring 1864” Shreveport First Annual Book Festival, July 19, 2008.
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Panel Chair, “The British are Not Coming,” Louisiana Historical Association, April, 2010. “The Great Raft and its Clearing,” Ark-La-Tex Archaeological Society, August 18, 2010. (132) “Red River Campaign,” Burden Lecture, Louisana Rural Life Center, LSU Baton Rouge, March 12, 2011. (155) “Louisiana History Books,” Panel presentation, Louisiana Historical Association Annual Conference, Lafayette, Louisiana, March 18, 2011. (22) “Through the Howling Wilderness: Defending the Lone Star During the Red River Campaign of 1864,” 5 th Annual Texas History Symposium, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, April 23, 2011. (47) Panel member and presenter,“Jewish Soldiers in the Blue and Gray,” 2011 Shreveport Jewish Film Festival, Robinson Film Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, November 13, 2011. (82). Awards and Honors: Aaron and Peggy Selber Writing Competition Prize, “The Justification of Shreveport as the Primary Target of the Red River Campaign in 1864,” 2003. American Studies Center Fellowship (LSU in Shreveport,) Integrating Geography with the American Studies Center program, 2003-2004. Albert Castel Award, One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864, 2004 A.M. Pate, Jr. Award, One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864, 2005. Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America Listed in the International Biographical Centre (Cambridge, England) 2000 Outstanding Academics of the 21st Century Jefferson Davis Award nomination, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2006. Silver Spur Award nomination, Western Writers of America, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007. Army Historical Foundation finalist, Distinguished Writing Award, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007. Douglas Southall Freeman Award nomination, MOS & B, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007. Book of the Month Club featured alternate, History Book Club Main Selection, Military Book featured alternate, Shiloh and Western Campaign of 1862, 2007. Mary Anne and Leonard Selber Professor of History, 2007- present. Lifetime Achievement Award and Life Membership, Red River Civil War Roundtable, Alexandria, Louisiana, May 1, 2008. Charles L. “Pie” Dufour Award, for Preservation and Scholarly Contributions in the field of History, New Orleans Civil War Roundtable, May 2008. A.M. Pate Distinguished Service Award for Civil War History by the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table, January 2009. BORSF Grant approved – September 2009 for 2009-2010 for $49,624.00. Equipment purchased – FLIR systems infrared camera and GSSI Profiler for subsurface field investigations. Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation, Preservationist of the Year Award for 2010. Carolyn W. and Charles T. Beaird Family Foundation Grant for the Texas Avenue Community Association (Shreveport, LA) to perform a comprehensive historical study of Texas Avenue and adjoining Ledbetter Heights (Lead Researcher), $43,500. July 2011.
Professional Associations (past and present): Civil War Preservation Trust, National Advisory Board Member Phi Alpha Theta, National History Fraternity, member, former advisor of LSU in Shreveport Chapter U.S. Civil War Center, LSU in Baton Rouge, member, board of directors North Louisiana Civil War Round Table, member, former president, past coordinator of Eddie Vetter Memorial Symposium DeSoto Parish Historical Society, former president Southern Historical Association, member Society of Military History, member American Association of Geographers, member Louisiana Historical Association, member North Louisiana Historical Association, former board of directors, former editor of North Louisiana History McNeill Street Pumping Station Preservation Society, former board of directors Oakland Cemetery Preservation Society, vice-president Friends of the Mansfield Battlefield, president
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Spring Street Historical Museum, Governing Board, President Multicultural Center of the South, past board member Red River Radio, President, Advisory Board 2008-2009 Red River Heritage Association, board member Sons and Daughters of Pioneer River Men, member English Speaking Union, member Association for Gravestone Studies, member Historic Shreveport Preservation Society, board member Louisiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, board member Shreveport Historic Preservation Study Committee Chairman and board member – nominated by Mayor , approved by City Council Louisiana Historical Association, board member Louisiana War of 1812 Sesquicentennial Commission, board member Louisiana Civil War Sesqui-centennial Task Force, Chairman and board member Shreveport Commons Advisory Committee – member, – nominated by Mayor Cedric Glover Other Employment: Adjunct History Instructor, Bossier Parish Community College, LA, 1991-1995. Owner, Petroleum Graphics/Precision Cartographics, Inc., Shreveport, 1981-present
Courses Taught: LSU-Shreveport: HIST 105 Western Civilization to 1500 HIST 106 Western Civilization 1500-1815 HIST 145 American History to 1877 HIST 146 American History since 1877 HIST 251 Near and Middle East HIST 252 Far East HIST 271 Louisiana History HIST 299 Research and Methods HIST 399 Mapping Oakland Cemetery HIST 425 Ancient Near East HIST 428/628 History of Rome HIST 450/650 Colonial America and Revolutionary War HIST 451/651 American Frontier HIST 455/655 U. S. Civil War and Reconstruction HIST 471/671 Civil War in Louisiana HIST 475/675 Seminar in Local History HIST 490/690 Special Topics in History: Ancient Near East HIST 490 Special Topics in History: Classical Greece HIST 499 Senior Seminar HIST 711 Exploration and Explorers HIST 790 American History Through 1877 (LEH TAH Institute Summer 2006)) HIST 790 Louisiana History (LEH TAH Institute Summer 2007) HIST 790 American History 1860-1896 (LEH TAH Institute Summer 2008) GEOG 105 Survey GEOG 106 Survey GEOG 252 World Cultural Geography GEOG 257 Maps and Mapping GEOG 420/620 Geographic Information Systems PUBH 720 Geographic Information Systems in Health GEOG 450/620 Louisiana Geography GEOG 495 Special Topics in Geography, Applied Geographic Research GEOG 490 Field Resarch –GIS in Oakland Cemetery GEOG 490 Funerary Iconography and Biography GEOG 490 Special Topics in Geography: Demographics of Aging
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Bossier Parish Community College: Louisiana History American History to 1877 American History since 1877 Administrative Experience and University Service: Faculty Advisor, LSU-Shreveport, History Club, 2000-2002 Faculty Senator, College of Liberal Arts, LSU-Shreveport, 2005-2009 Director and Geographic Information Systems Coordinator, Red River Regional Studies Center, LSU-Shreveport, 1997present Instructor, Teaching American History Summer Institute, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, 2006-2008. LSU-Shreveport/C. Bickham Dickson Park Strategic Planning Committee, 1999-2000 Technical Advisor, Tricentennial History and Bicentennial History of Louisiana Territory and state, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 1999, 2001, 2003 Louisiana State Technical Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2003-2004 President, Faculty Senate, LSU-Shreveport, 2006-2008 Student Conduct Board, LSU-Shreveport, 2006-present Mascot Committee, LSU-Shreveport, 2006-2007 LSU-Shreveport Faculty Staff Fish Fry Committee, 2006-2008 Staff Awards Committee, LSU-Shreveport, 2006-2008 Council of Faculty Advisors, LSU Board of Supervisors, 2006-2008 Faculty Search Committee, Department of History and Social Sciences, LSU-Shreveport, 2006-2007 Technology Committee, Department of History and Social Sciences, LSU-Shreveport, 2006-present Courses and Curriculum Committee, Department of History and Social Sciences, LSU-Shreveport, 2006-present Lectured/substituted for professor in HSA 706 (Research Methods), on nontraditional data gathering models, February 28, 2007 Judge for the Northwest Louisiana Social Studies Fair, LSU-Shreveport, March 2, 2007. Presentation to the LSU Board of Supervisors for Chancellor Marsala on activities of the Red River Regional Studies Center, July 13, 2007 Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee to nominate Hubert Humphries Professorship, 2007-08. Departmental Search Committee for Sociology professorship candidate 2008. Departmental Search Committee for History professorship candidate 2008. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission member, nominated by Governor Bobby Jindal, September 23, 2008. Interviewed by the Almagest for article, “Ancient Rites fostered American Halloween,” October 30, 2008. Interviewed by the Almagest for article, “LSUS professors appointed to national commission,” November 6, 2008. Interviewed by the LSUS magazine for article, Oakland Cemetery Mapping, Fall 2008. Participated and spoke at “Pilot Preview” for the Office of Admissions, LSUS, November 5, 2011. Guest Lecturer, FS 103 on plagiarism and the role of the Student Conduct Board, November 16, 2011. Community Service: Tenure Begins Guest Speaker: “1865 and How it Changed America,” Shreveport Club Book Review, August 26, 2009. Guest Speaker: “Tom Green and the Texas Cavalry,” Fort Worth Civil War Roundtable, September 8, 2009. Guest Lecturer: “Battleground Louisiana,” Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities RELIC Series, Stonewall Branch, DeSoto Parish Library, six lectures September 10-October 15, 2009. Guest Speaker: “The Gunboats at Shiloh,” Tarshar Society, October 28, 2009. Guest Speaker: “The Flags of the U.S. Civil War Naval Museum, Columbus, Georgia,” November 5, 2009. Guest Speaker: “Steamboats in Bayou Pierre,” Riverbend Rotary Club, Shreveport, LA, November 10, 2009. Guest Speaker: “The Great Depression in Shreveport,” LiveOak Retirement Community, Shreveport, LA November 13, 2009. Interviewed by KSLA TV Channel 12, November 13, 2009 regarding vandalism in Oakland Cemetery. Interviewed by KTBS TV Channel 3, November 13, 2009 regarding vandalism in Oakland Cemetery. Guest Lecturer: “The role of paratroopers,” The Shreveport Jewish Film Festival showing of “Blessed is the Match”, November 15, 2009. Attendee: International Biblical Archaeology Society Conference – New Orleans, Louisiana November 19-21, 2009. Guest Speaker: “The Texas Cavalry Corps: Strategic and Tactical uses in the 1864 Red River Campaign,” Dallas Civil War Roundtable, Dallas, Texas, December 9, 2009. Election: Shreveport Historic Preservation Study Committee – elected Chairman, December 16, 2009.
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Worked with tombstone conservator Shelley Sass of Charlottesville, Virginia in assessing Oakland Cemetery in Shreveport, Louisiana, February 1-4-2010 Interviewed by Investor’s Business Daily for article “Henry Miller Shreve,” February 3, 2010. Guest Speaker: Daughters of the American Revolution District 1 National Defense Luncheon, “ Hidden History” East Ridge Country Club, February 9, 2010. Gurest Speaker: Republican Professional Women’s Club, “The Census and Reapportionment,” Savoie’s, February 16, 2010. Guest Speaker: Red River Valley Association Annual Meeting Banquet, “The Red River During the Civil War, Diamond Jacks Conference Center, Bossier City, Louisiana, February 18, 2010. Guest Speaker: LSUS History Club, “Haunted Shreveport,” February 22, 2010. Guest Speaker, Louisiana Endowment of the Humanities RELIC series, “Louisiana,” Broadmoor Branch, Shreve Memorial Library, February 24, March 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2010. Provost’s Ad Hoc Research Committee 2010. Guest Speaker: “Huey Long,” Live Oak Retirement Center, March 19, 2010. Guest Speaker: “The Future,” Graduation address to Central High School, Grand Cane, Louisiana, May 4, 2010. Guest Speaker: “Early Settlers in the Region,” Live Oak Retirement Center, May 21, 2010. Guest Speaker: “What were the Founding Fathers Thinking?”, Live Oak Retirement Center, June 22, 2010. (28) Guest Speaker, “ Shreveport and the Red River.” Southwest Meter Readers Association (SWEPCO) Annual meeting, Sam’s Town, June 7, 2010. (85) Guest Speaker, “The mystery cemetery in Northeast DeSoto Parish,” DeSoto Parish Historical Society, August 22, 2010. (31) Guest Speaker: “Lost Shreveport,” Woman;s Department Club, September 16, 2010. (61) Guest Speaker: “Oakland Cemetery,” Hypatia Society, October 1, 2010. (18) Guest Speaker: “ Historic North Bossier,” Benton Presbyterian Church on the occasion of their 143rd Anniversary, October 6, 2010. (46) Guest Speaker: “Shreveport and Bossier City: Why are we Here and Where did we come from?” Dr. Donald Webb Lecture, Lighthouse, October 16, 2010. (21) Guest Speaker: “Shreveport Cemeteries,” Daughters of the American Revolution, Pelican Chapter, October 19, 2010. (53) Narrator and Guide: Historic Shreveport Trolley Tour for the Shreveport Club, November 10, 2010. (20) Guest Speaker: “Lost Shreveport,” All Souls Unitarian Church, November 17, 2010. (16) Expert Witness Testimony: Nomination of the Pleasant Hill Battlefield (DeSoto Parish) to the National Register of Historic Places, Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge, November 18, 2010. (45) Interviewed by The Times, “Bossier Parish seeing growth spurt,” November 19, 2010. Guest Speaker: “ The Great Flood of 1927,” University at the Oaks, Shreveport, December 15, 2010. (35) Guest Speaker: “The Great Flood of 1927”Monroe Lions Club, January 4, 2011. (55) Guest Speaker: “Louisiana Secession” Richard Taylor Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, January 6, 2011. (72) Interviewed by The Times, “Sesquicentennial of the Civil War Looms,” January 12, 2011. Interviewed by The Times, “Old Gravel Point Cemetery,” January 16, 2011. Interviewed by The Times, “Walmart abandons battlefield construction plans,” January 26, 2011. On Air Guest, SB Video Magazine, KMSS Fox 33, January 29, 2011. Guest Editorial, “Edwin Edwards” KSLA Channel 12, Shreveport January 31, 2011. Interviewed by The Times, “ Caddo Looks at redrawing line,” March 1, 2011. Interviewed by The Times, “DeSoto population continues northward shift,” March 7, 2011. Interviewed by The Times, “Remap Rumba keeps politicians on ther toes,” March 13, 2011. Guest Speaker. “ The First Crusade,” University of the Oaks (Live Oak Tower), March 25, 2011. (52) Guest Speaker, “ The Second Crusade,” University of the Oaks (Live Oak Tower), April 5, 2011. (43) Guest Speaker, “ The Third Crusade,” University of the Oaks (Live Oak Tower), April 8, 2011. (38) Interviewed by The Times, “Experience Highland at inaugural event,” April 27, 2011. Guest Speaker, “Redistricting,” Intergovernmental Consortium, Port of Caddo / Bossier, April 29, 2011. (43) Guest Speaker, “The Red River Campaign and the beginning of the Sesquicentennial,” Red River Symposium, Forts Randolph and Buhlow State Park, Pineville, Louisiana, April 30, 2011. (77). Interviewed by The Times, “Demographer: Caddo’s steady population has shifted south”, May 12, 2011. Guest Lecturer,” Louisiana Dreams: Thoughts on Explorers and Cartographers,” Norton Art Gallery, June 11, 2011. (65) Guest Speaker, “ The Sesqui-Centennial in Louisiana” Richard Taylor Camp of the sons of Confederate Veterans, Shreveport Louisiana, July 7, 2011 (78) Interviewed by The Times, “Who’s Home in Bossier,” July 16, 2011. Guest Speaker, “ Steamboats and Navigation on the Sabine River,” Smithsonian Journey Stories Lecture, Leesville, Louisiana, July 23, 2011. (22). Interviewed by KTBS Chanel 3, Shreveport, 30 minute special “The Future of Our History,” August 2011. Interviewed by Our Louisiana, “Urban Planners Unite,” August 2011 issue. Interfiewed by The Times, “Civil War sesqui task force meets,” August 12, 2011. Interviewed by The Mansfield Enterprise and Interstate Progress, “Powell Appinted to state commission,” August 18, 2011.
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Guest Lecturer, “Louisiana in the Civil War - Beginnings,” The Oaks of Louisiana, Six Week Series with Dr Cheryl White September 12, 2011. (63). Interviewed by KTBS, morning show, “Historic Preservation in Shreveport,” Sepmber 19, 2011. Guest Speaker, “ The US Navy in the Red River Campaign,” Baton Rouge Civil War Roundtable, September 22, 2011. (57). Guest Speaker, “Gary Joiner’s Shreveport, The Birth of a City,” Shreveport Historic Preservation Society, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Shreveport, Louisiana, September 24, 2011 (276). Guest Lecturer, “Louisiana in the Civil War – Vicksburg and Port Hudson” The Oaks of Louisiana, Six Week Series with Dr Cheryl White September 12, 2011. (60). Interviewed by The Times, “Museum revisits 1873 tragedy, September 28, 2011. Participant, Dual Enrollment Seminar, Caddo and Bossier Parish Schoolls, at LSUS, September 29, 2011. (30 +/-). Guest Speaker, “Israel and Palestine,” First Presbyterian Church, October 2, 2011. (74) Guest Lecturer, “Louisiana in the Civil War – The Red River Campaign” The Oaks of Louisiana, Six Week Series with Dr Cheryl White September 12, 2011. (52). Interviewed by Caddo Parish Attorney Charles Grubb concerning the Confederate Monument at the Caddo Courthouse, October 7, 2011. Interviewed by MaClean’s Magazine (Toronto, Canada), “Damn Yankees: The New War of 1812,” October5 17, 2011 issue, 56-59. Guest Lecturer, “Battleground Louisiana,” Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities RELIC Series, Ringgold Branch, Bienville Parish Library, October 18, 2011. (27). Civil War Sesqui-Centennial Task Force meeting, Lt. Governor’s Conference Room, Capitol Annex Building, Baton Rouge, October 28, 2011. (25). Historic Preservation Ordinance Study Committee public hearing, Randle T. Moore Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, November 3, 2011. ( 11). Interviewed by The Times, “Bossier City - How the city lives and works,” November 7, 2011. Interviewed by The Times “Confederate submarines in Bossier for ShreveportTimes.com, November 8, 2011. Interviewed by The Times, “Holding a cache: Confederate submarines could be under casino site,” November 14, 2011. Guest Speaker, “The Origins of Shreveport,” Shreveport Homemakers Group, November 14, 2011. Guest Speaker, “ Coates Bluff and Wright Island,” Groundbreaking of Coates Bluff Wright Island, U.L. Coleman, Shreveport, Louisiana, November 17, 2011. Marine Corps staff ride (1st Battalion, 123 Regiment, 1st Marine Division) to Mansfield and Pleasant Hill battlefields, November 18, 2011. (43) Guest Speaker, “Significant and Controversial Women in the History of Shreveport,” Chapter of the Questers Club, December 5, 2011 (25) Guest Speaker, On Air, KSCL FM, Shreveport, “A Better Shreveport: Historic Preservation,” January 2, 2012, 5-6 p.m.
Legal Cases in which I have been accepted as an expert witness and provided testimony. State of Louisiana v [I cannot remember the citation] 1985 or 1986 Second Judicial District. Provided expert witness testimony and created exhibits analyzing the crime scene and escape route of the accused for the District Attorney in an attempted murder case (Walmart sniper). The client (State of Louisiana) won. Accepted area of expertise – geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. State of Louisiana v. Nick Taylor 1985-6 Criminal Suit 125348 First Judicial District. Provided geographic and historic testimony for the Defense. The case was tried in Caddo Parish and should have been tried in Bossier due to boundary issue. Created boundary maps that proved the body was dumped in Bossier Parish near Hamel’s log ride prior to Clyde Fant Parkway. After four years, the defendant wished to be tried in Caddo. Accepted area of expertise – history, geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. Client convicted. State of Louisiana v. Nathaniel Code Criminal Suit 138860 1990 First Judicial District. Provided geographic and historic testimony for the Defense. Exhibits included the murder sites and transportation arties in the Cedar Grove neighborhood. Accepted area of expertise – history, geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. Client convicted. Bossier Parish School Board vs. Janet Reno, etal Civil Action 94-01495. 1995 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Provided demographic, geographic, and historical analysis for the Bossier Parish School Board. Accepted area of expertise – history, demography, digital cartography, geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. Client won, case
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appealed. Janet Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board 95-1508 1995 U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Provided demographic, geographic, and historical analysis for the Bossier Parish School Board. Accepted area of expertise – history, demography, digital cartography, geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. Client won, case appealed to U.S. Supreme Court. Janet Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board 98-405 and 98-406 1998-1999 1995 U.S. U.S. Supreme Court and District Court for the District of Columbia. Provided demographic, geographic, and historical analysis for the Bossier Parish School Board. Accepted area of expertise – demography, digital cartography, geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. Client won with U.S. Supreme Court ruling. City of Shreveport v. Quinn Estate, [Noel Estate] Civil Action 337,256, “B”, 2003 and 2004 First Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish. Provided demographic, geographic, and historical analysis for the Quinn Estate. Accepted area of expertise – demography, digital cartography, geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. Client won judgment March 29, 2005. Hamel’s Farm, L.L.C. v. Ike Muslow, M.D. and Berte A. Muslow No. 494,740-A, First Judicial District Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Provided geographic and historical analysis for Dr. and Mrs. Muslow. Accepted area of expertise – history, digital cartography, geography, remote sensing, spatial analysis. Client won judgment on April 30, 2007. Decision affirmed before the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeals, August 2008 in Docket Number CA 08-43475. Devon Energy Production Co., LP v. Gail Norton, Secretary, et al; United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport Case No. 04-2093 Case is still active. Provided geographic and historical analysis of for the Louisiana State Land Office and for Anderson Oil Company regarding the navigability of Lake Bistineau and Loggy Bayou. Case may be tried in the Monroe section of the Western District of Louisiana in 2012. N & A Minerals, LLC adv. Petrohawk, etal v. Leon K. Poche, Leon K. Poche, Jr., etal, Number C584949 , Section 26, 19 th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (PENDING, providing litigation research support ). John Creighton Webb, Jr., etal. V. Franks Investments Company, LLC, etal; Civil Action No. 530.547-C 1st Judicial Disttrict Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. (PENDING, providing litigation research support ). Provided geographic and historical analysis regarding the navigability of Bayou Pierre and sand Beach Bayous. Ruby Frederick Ketner Yates v. Randall Marston, et al. 34913, 39 th Judicial District Court, Red River Parish, Louisiana. (PENDING, providing litigation research support ). Provided geographic and historical analysis regarding the the movement of the Red River about 1900 and whether a plantation was divided by the Red River. Mansfield Auto World v. General Motors, In c., Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission, Baton Rouge ({PENDING), providing litigation research support, demographic and historical analysis of population shifts in DeSoto Parish. Note: In areas of expertise, courts generally accepted areas of expertise being defined as historian, demographer, cartographer and geographer.
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