Lesley Gordon

Lesley J. Gordon is an American military historian specializing in the American Civil War, holding the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama since 2016.[1][3] She earned her BA from the College of William & Mary and her MA and PhD from the University of Georgia, with previous positions at Murray State University and the University of Akron.[1][2] Her notable books include *General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend* (1998), *Intimate Strategies of the Civil War* (2001), *This Terrible War* (2003), and *A Broken Regiment* (2014).[1][2]