Biography

Dr. Earl J. Hess, Ph.D is a recognized leader in the field of Civil War history. After terms at the University of Georgia, Texas Tech University, and the University of Arkansas, he settled at Lincoln Memorial University, in Harrogate, Tenn., in 1989, where he holds the Stewart McClelland Chair. Hess has published nearly twenty books and more than 120 journal articles and academic reviews.

Books by Earl J. Hess

Civil War Cavalry
Civil War Cavalry
2025
Civil War Supply and Strategy
Civil War Supply and Strategy
2024
Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Landmine Warfare
Civil War Torpedoes and the Global Development of Landmine Warfare
2023
July 22
July 22
2023
Union Soldier in Battle
Union Soldier in Battle
2023
Animal Histories of the Civil
Animal Histories of the Civil War Era
2022
Civil War Field Artillery
Civil War Field Artillery
2022
Braxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg
2021
Oxford Handbook of the America
Oxford Handbook of the American Civil War
2021
Fighting for Atlanta
Fighting for Atlanta
2020
My Dear Nelly
My Dear Nelly
2020
Upon the Fields of Battle
Upon the Fields of Battle
2018
Civil War Logistics
Civil War Logistics
2017
The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat
The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat
2016
Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta
Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta
2015
Civil War Infantry Tactics
Civil War Infantry Tactics
2015
The Cinematic Voyage of  The Pirate
The Cinematic Voyage of The Pirate
2014
In the Trenches at Petersburg
In the Trenches at Petersburg
2013
Civil War in the West
Civil War in the West
2012
Knoxville Campaign
Knoxville Campaign
2012
Pickett's Charge, July 3 and B
Pickett's Charge, July 3 and Beyond, Omnibus E-Book
2012
The Knoxville Campaign
The Knoxville Campaign
2012
Earl J. Hess Fortifications Tr
Earl J. Hess Fortifications Trilogy, Omnibus E-Book
2011
Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia
Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia
2011
Banners To The Breeze The Kentucky Campaign Corinth And Stones River
Banners To The Breeze The Kentucky Campaign Corinth And Stones River
2010
Into the Crater
Into the Crater
2010
Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg (Civil War America)
Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg (Civil War America)
2010
Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee
Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee
2007
Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War
Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War
2006
Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove: A Battlefield Guide, with a Section on Wire Road (This Hallowed Ground: Guides to Civil Wa)
Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove: A Battlefield Guide, with a Section on Wire Road (This Hallowed Ground: Guides to Civil Wa)
2006
The Union Soldier in Battle
The Union Soldier in Battle
2005
Lee's Tar Heels
Lee's Tar Heels
2001
Pickett's charge--the last attack at Gettysburg
Pickett's charge--the last attack at Gettysburg
2001
Banners to the breeze
Banners to the breeze
2000
Liberty, Virtue, and Progress: Northerners and Their War for the Union (The North's Civil War)
Liberty, Virtue, and Progress: Northerners and Their War for the Union (The North's Civil War)
1997
The Union soldier in battle enduring the ordeal of combat
The Union soldier in battle enduring the ordeal of combat
1997
Liberty, virtue, and progress
Liberty, virtue, and progress
1988