Prof. Jonathan A. Noyalas is director of Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute. He is the author or editor of eleven books including his most recent Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah: Remembrance, Reunion, and Reconciliation. Additionally, Noyalas has authored more than 100 articles, essays, book chapters, and reviews for a variety of publications including Civil War History, Civil War Times, America's Civil War, Blue & Gray, Hallowed Ground, and Civil War News. He is also the founding editor of The Journal of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era a new publication of Shenandoah University's McCormick Civil War Institute. In addition to teaching and writing Prof. Noyalas has worked on a variety of projects including Civil War historian for the National Park Service's historic resource study at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, content expert for the Civil War Trust's Cedar Creek Battle App, and consultant for National Geographic's three-part documentary series "Civil Warriors." He has appeared on NPR's "With Good Reason" as well as C-SPAN's American History TV. Noyalas is the recipient of numerous awards for his teaching, scholarship, and service including the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a professor teaching at a private or public college/university in Virginia--that State Council for Higher Education in Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Award