Wiley Sword

Wiley Sword (1937–2015)[1] was an American historian and writer who specialized in American Civil War historiography.

Career

He graduated from the University of Michigan.[1]

He was famous for having collected one of the most extensive private collections of Civil War memorabilia. In 2015, his collection of more than one thousand soldiers’ letters and other items was acquired by the Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.[1]

Bibliography

His notable books include:[2]

  • The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
  • Shiloh: Bloody April
  • Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863
  • Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart
  • President Washington’s Indian War
  • The Historic Henry Rifle: Oliver Winchester's Famous Civil War Repeater

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wiley Sword. "Wiley Sword". Openroadmedia.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Wiley Sword". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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