Awards and Recognitions

Three commendations from the Virginia General Assembly

Harry S. Truman Award, Kansas City Civil War Round Table

Virginia Dabney Award - highest recognition given by the Museum of the Confederacy

Bell Irvin Wily Award, New York Civil War Round Table

Virginia Press Associatio 2004 Virginian of the Year

Richard B. Harwell Award, Atlanta Civil War Round Table

Nevins-Freeman Award, Chicago Civil War Round Table

First recipient of Best Non-Fiction Book Award, 1997, by the Library of Virginia

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Award, Boston Civil War Round Table

Outstanding Professor Award, Virginia Council for Higher Education

Award for Distinguised Achievement, Kappa Alpha Order