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John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History
Department: History (chair)
Contact
Office: Miller Library 247
Phone: 207-859-5322
Fax: 859-5340
Email: edleonar@colby.edu
Mailing Address
5322 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8853
Education
Ph.D. – University of California, Riverside, 1992
M.A. – University of California, Riverside, 1988
Areas of Expertise
U.S. history from 1775-1877, especially Civil War history
American women’s history from colonial settlement to the 1980s
Current Research
I recently completed the first full-scale biography of Civil War-era Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt, which appeared in the University of North Carolina’s prestigious “Civil War America” series (ed., Gary Gallagher) in fall 2011. Lincoln’s Forgotten Ally is my fifth book of original scholarship on the Civil War era and was co-winner of the 2012 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize.
Courses Currently Teaching 2011-2012
| Course | Course Title |
| HI200 A | Introduction to History |
| HI231 A | American Women’s History, to 1870 |
| HI232 A | American Women’s History, 1870 to the Present |
| HI336 A | After Appomattox |
| HI435 A | Research Seminar: The American Civil War |