Kevin Conley Ruffner

Background

Kevin Conley Ruffner was born on February 22, 1960, in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. He is a son of Robert H. Ruffner, a retired United States government official, and Margaret Ruffner.

Education

In 1982 Kevin Conley Ruffner received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary. In 1987 he obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Virginia. In 1991 Ruffner gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from George Washington University.

Career

From 1982 to 1985 Kevin Conley Ruffner served at the United States Army, at Virginia Army National Guard from 1986 to 1987, at the United States Army Reserve from 1987 to 1995, and at Connecticut Army National Guard from 1995 to 1997. Since 1991 he has been a historian for Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C.

He has published, in addition to numerous articles, four books on the American Civil War in Virginia and Maryland and one on the German Luftwaffe in World War II. His latest effort, Maryland’s Blue and Gray: A Border State’s Union and Confederate Junior Officer Corps, departs from the usual Civil War histories which have emphasized only the top or the bottom echelons of military personnel. An officer in the Army National Guard, he lives in Washington, D.C.

Achievements

• Kevin Conley Ruffner is best known as the author of Maryland's Blue and Gray and co-author of two volumes in the Virginia Regimental History Series. His works received high praise from critics.

Works

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  • Maryland's Blue and Gray: A Border State's Union and Confederate Junior Officer Corps

    (Maryland’s Blue and Gray is a collective biography focusi...)

    1997
  • Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941 – 1945

    (Hermann Göring raised the Luftwaffe Field Divisions durin...)

    1990
  • Corona: America's First Satellite Program

    (The nation's first photo reconnaissance satellite system,...)

    1995
  • 44th Virginia Infantry 1987
  • 1st Battalion Virginia Infantry 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry 24th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers 1996

Interests

• reading, travel, bike riding

Connections

On March 8, 1986, Kevin Conley Ruffer married Sonja Moosbrusser. They have a son, Tristan Gatewood Ruffner.

Father:

Robert H. Ruffer

Mother:

Margaret Ruffer

Spouse:

Sonja Moosbrusser

Son:

Tristan Gatewood Ruffner

References

• Contemporary Authors
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