WRITING ABOUT HISTORY'S FORGOTTEN
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This site is dedicated to my publications, projects, and historical musings. I encourage you to follow my Twitter and Facebook pages.
About Frank
The three things that I love most in life is my family, traveling, and history, particularly the American Civil War. I can trace my obsession of the American Civil War back to the fifth grade.
At the time I was consumed with the U.S. presidents and I became obsessed with Ulysses S. Grant. Looking through Civil War photographs at the time, I asked myself: What did these Americans fight over? Why did one side wear blue and the other gray? Why did they wear such funny looking hats? From the fifth grade on, I was hooked.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio I studied history at John Carroll University (2010) and Cleveland State University (2014). As a graduate student at CSU, my studies focused on the U.S.-Mexican War, the Ottoman Empire, and the history of cemeteries in America. I was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award for 2013-14.
I haven't stopped writing since graduating from CSU. I enjoy writing about personalities at war more than the actual battles and campaigns. As author Larry Tagg adequately put in The Generals of Gettysburg: The Leaders of America's Greatest Battle (2008), military historians "often stress strategy and tactics at the expense of the character of their subjects." I have contributed 60+ articles to various blogs, journals, and magazines. I was awarded the Howard Browne Award from the Victorian Military Society for 2015.
I am the author of Valentine Baker’s Heroic Stand at Tashkessen 1877: A Tarnished British Soldier's Glorious Victory (2017). I am working on two more books dedicated to the life of Admiral Albert Hastings Markham and the officers killed in the U.S.-Mexican War.
I am currently pursuing a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) certificate at Lakeland Community College. I am eager to apply geographic technologies to historical research.
When I am not writing, I travel with my wife, explore old cemeteries, play wargames, and hunt for antiques and collectibles.
This site is dedicated to my publications, projects, and historical musings. I encourage you to follow my Twitter and Facebook pages.
About Frank
The three things that I love most in life is my family, traveling, and history, particularly the American Civil War. I can trace my obsession of the American Civil War back to the fifth grade.
At the time I was consumed with the U.S. presidents and I became obsessed with Ulysses S. Grant. Looking through Civil War photographs at the time, I asked myself: What did these Americans fight over? Why did one side wear blue and the other gray? Why did they wear such funny looking hats? From the fifth grade on, I was hooked.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio I studied history at John Carroll University (2010) and Cleveland State University (2014). As a graduate student at CSU, my studies focused on the U.S.-Mexican War, the Ottoman Empire, and the history of cemeteries in America. I was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award for 2013-14.
I haven't stopped writing since graduating from CSU. I enjoy writing about personalities at war more than the actual battles and campaigns. As author Larry Tagg adequately put in The Generals of Gettysburg: The Leaders of America's Greatest Battle (2008), military historians "often stress strategy and tactics at the expense of the character of their subjects." I have contributed 60+ articles to various blogs, journals, and magazines. I was awarded the Howard Browne Award from the Victorian Military Society for 2015.
I am the author of Valentine Baker’s Heroic Stand at Tashkessen 1877: A Tarnished British Soldier's Glorious Victory (2017). I am working on two more books dedicated to the life of Admiral Albert Hastings Markham and the officers killed in the U.S.-Mexican War.
I am currently pursuing a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) certificate at Lakeland Community College. I am eager to apply geographic technologies to historical research.
When I am not writing, I travel with my wife, explore old cemeteries, play wargames, and hunt for antiques and collectibles.
