Prof. Lesley J. Gordon, Ph.D. Visiting Professor Charles Boal Ewing Chair in Military History History lesley.gordon [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Lesley J. Gordon earned her BA with High Honors from the College of William and Mary, and her MA and PhD in American History from the University of Georgia. Since 2016, she has been the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama. She has published several notable books about the Civil War.Previously, she was editor of the academic journal Civil War History (2010-2015), and President of the Society for Civil War History (2022-2024). Prof. Gordon currently serves as the Charles Boal Ewing Chair in Military History at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Ph.D. in American History-University of GeorgiaM.A. in American History-University of GeorgiaB.A. in History-College of William and Mary Research Interests American Military History, the American Civil War Era, US Southern History Selected Publications Gordon, Lesley J. "Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War." Cambridge University Press, 2025. Gordon, Lesley J. “‘Novices in Warfare’: Elmer E. Ellsworth and Militia Reform on the Eve of Civil War." Journal of Civil War Era_ Vol. Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 2021): 194-223. Gordon, Lesley J. "A Broken Regiment: the 16th Connecticut's Civil War." Louisiana State University Press, 2014. Gordon, Lesley J. "General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend." University of North Carolina Press, 1998.