Autor/-in: Earl J. Hess

Earl J. Hess. received his doctoral degree from Purdue University in 1986 and taught on the college level, primarily at Lincoln Memorial University, until 2020. He is the author of 30 books on Civil War military history, including Civil War Infantry Tactics: Training, Combat, and Small-Unit Effectiveness. , Louisiana State University Press, 2015, winner of the Tom Watson Brown Book Award (Society of Civil War Historians) in 2016. Hess has explored a variety of themes and topics within Civil War history, including the use of field fortifications, the role of the rifle musket in Civil War combat, logistics and supply, generalship, the experience of combat for the common soldier, animals in the Civil War, innovative studies of field artillery and cavalry, plus several studies of campaigns and battles, especially in the Atlanta campaign. He is the co-author with his wife Pratibha A. Dabholkar of four books on the history of film musicals.