Albert E. Castel Explained

Albert E. Castel
Birth Date:	11 November 1928
Birth Place:	Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Death Place:	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation:	Historian, author
Education:	University of Chicago (PhD)

Albert E. Castel (November 11, 1928 – November 14, 2014) was an American historian and author.

He specialized in Civil War history and historiography.

Life

He was born on November 11, 1928, in Wichita, Kansas.^[1]

He died on November 14, 2014, in Columbus, Ohio.^[2]

Career

He graduated from the University of Chicago with a PhD. in history and taught at the Western Michigan University from 1960 to 1991.^[3]

Awards

He won the Lincoln Prize for Best Civil War book in 1992 for his book Decision in the West.

Bibliography

• Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla
• Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
• General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West
• William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times
• Civil War Kansas: Reaping the Whirlwind
• Winning and Losing the Civil War
• The campaign for Atlanta
• Victors in Blue: How Union Generals Fought the Confederates, Battled Each Other, and Won the Civil War
• The Presidency of Andrew Johnson
• Articles of War: Winners, Losers, (and Some Who Were Both) During the Civil War
• A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861–1865

External links

• WorldCat

Notes and References

1. Web site: Albert E. Castel. www.hillsdalecounty.info. 2017-01-11.
2. Web site: Albert E. Castel III obituary WMU News Western Michigan University. wmich.edu. 2017-01-11.
3. Web site: Albert E. Castel. Goodreads. 2017-01-11.