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Albert E. Castel

Born: 11/11/1928   Wichita
Parents: Dorothy W. Castel and Albert E. Castell Jr.
Children: Ann, Charles
Address(es):
Permanent :
166 Westwood Drive
Hillsdale , MI 49242
USA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Victors in blue : how Union generals fought the Confederates, battled each other, and won the Civil War
- with Brooks D. Simpson. 		History Adult Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas 2011
Articles of war : winners, losers, and some who were both in the Civil War
- compilation of previously published articles 		Biography , History Adult Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books 2001
Tom Taylor's Civil War
- Thomas Taylor was a junior officer who fought under Sherman at Vicksburg and Chattanooga and on the march through Georgia. Piecing together vivid descriptions of the various skirmishes from his diaries and letters. 		History Adult Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas 2000
Lee, Grant, and Sherman : a study in leadership in the 1864-65 campaign / by Alfred H. Burne
- introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman ; foreword and endnotes by Albert Castel. 		History Adult Lawrence : University Press of Kansas 2000
Entry in Encyclopedia of the American Civil War History Adult Encyclopedia Britannica 2000
Bloody Bill Anderson : the short, savage life of a Civil War guerrilla
- Co-author: Thomas Goodrich. 		Biography , History Adult Lawrence : University Press of Kansas 1998 -2005
The Campaign for Atlanta History Adult Eastern National Park and Monument Association 1996
Winning and Losing in the Civil War: Essays and Stories History Adult Columbia : University of South Carolina Press 1996
Various articles Non Fiction Civil War Times Illustrated, Michigan History, Historic Traveler, Civil War History: a Journal of th 1993 -2001
Decision in the West: the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 History Adult Lawrence : University Press of Kansas 1992
Three years with Quantrill : a true story told by his scout, John McCorkle / written by O.S. Barton
- with notes by Albert Castel ; commentary by Herman Hattaway. 		History Adult Norman : University of Oklahoma Press 1992
Presidency of Andrew Johnson History Adult Lawrence : Regents Press of Kansas 1979
The Yeas and Nays: Key Congressional Votes, 1774-1945
- Co-author: Scott L. Gibson. 		History Adult [Kalamazoo : New Issues Press, Institute of Public Affairs, Western Michigan University 1975
General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West Biography , History Adult Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press 1968
William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times Biography , History Adult New York, Frederick Fell, Inc. 1962
A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861-1865
- Republished 1979. 		History Adult Ithaca, N.Y., Published for the American Historical Association [by] Cornell University Press 1958 -1979
What is the aim or goal of your writing: To inform, stimulate, and entertain.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (M.A.) University of Wisconsin Madison , WI 1961

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professional writer and Lecturer 2001
Summer visiting professor City College of New York New York 1960 -1962
Professor of History Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 1960 -1991
Assistant professor of History and Political Science Waynesburg College Waynesburg 1958 -1960
Instructor in History University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles 1957 -1958
Special Agent, Counter Intelligence Corps U. S. Army BaltimoreChicago,KansasCity 1956 -1957
Eugene C. Eppley Chairholder in History Culver Military Academy Culver

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