G. Ward Hubbs is a history professor, archivist, and author in the United States. He wrote a book on Tuscaloosa's history to commemorate its bicentennial and authored the books Searching for Freedom after the Civil War: Klansman, Carpetbagger, Scalawag, and Freedman and Voices from Company D: Diaries by the Greensboro Guards, Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia.[1] He has won several literary awards.[2] Hubbs is a professor emeritus at Birmingham-Southern College.[2] He is the editor of a book of humorous and "rowdy" tales from John Gorman Barr.
He is a protege of George Rable.