Richard Allen Sauers

Background

Richard Sauers was born on July 12, 1954, in Sunbury, Pennsylvania to Marlin and Joyce Sauers.

Education

Sauers began his collegiate education at Susquehanna University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1976. He went on to earn his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from Pennsylvania State University in 1987.

Career

Sauers began his Civil War-oriented career by becoming a history lecturer in 1983, teaching at Susquehanna University, Pennsylvania State University, Lebanon Valley College, and Harrisburg Area Community College. From 1984 to 1990, he also worked as a historian at Harrisburg’s Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee.

In 1991, Sauers left the teaching profession in order to focus more on writing books about the Civil War. He became an editor at the Butternut & Blue Press, a publishing company located in Baltimore, Maryland that specializes in historical books, in 1992. Sauers was also employed at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, as its museum curator.

Sauer’s fascination with the Civil War has led him to write a number of books on the subject. Gettysburg: The Meade-Sickles Controversy, published in 2004, is about historians’ argument over whether or not the Union army’s General Daniel E. Sickles disobeyed orders from General George Meade when he led his unit too close to the Confederate’s lines on Little Round Top. Joseph G. Dawson, writing for the American Historical Review, says “Sauers does a good job of showing how during and after the war politics played important parts in the controversies… [he] has carried out an impressive job of research…students of Gettysburg will enjoy this book.”

A book with a broader subject, America’s Battlegrounds: Walk in the Footsteps of America’s Bravest covers United States military history from the American Revolution until the present day, including information on national monuments, former battle sites, and distinctive facts and landmarks. Says Reader’s Digest editor Dolores York, “It’s a unique blend of historic highlights, sidebars, maps, and detailed tourist information. Visiting these sites is a powerful way to learn about American history and this book was designed to complement the experience.”

Today, Sauers still regularly contributes articles to the United States military magazines such as the Civil War Times Illustrated and the Journal of Military History. The author also served as assistant editor for Gettysburg magazine and associate editor for North and South, a periodical put out by the Civil War Society.

Achievements

• Sauers is a recipient of the Archie K. Davis Fellowship for North Carolina scholars, given by the North Caroliniana Society. Sauers’ passion for history makes him a dynamic member of the American Historical Association, National Geographic Society and the Organization of American Historians.

Works

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  • Pennsylvania in the Spanish-American War

    (150 photographs & maps & illustrations & 5 x 8 & After co...)

    1998
  • William Francis Bartlett

    (Frank Bartlett was an indifferent student at Harvard when...)

    2009
  • The Gettysburg Campaign

    (This marvelous, important reference work contains over 60...)

    2004
  • Advance the Colors

    (The first volume presents color photos of Pennsylvania ba...)

    1987
  • Guide to Civil War Philadelphia

    (When the Civil War began in 1861, Philadelphia was an imp...)

    2003
  • Meade: Victor of Gettysburg

    (Most students of the American Civil War know the name Geo...)

    2003
  • The National Tribune Civil War. Volume 1

    (The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans’ news...)

    2017
  • The National Tribune Civil War. Volume 2

    (The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans’ news...)

    2017
  • The National Tribune Civil War. Volume 3

    (The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans’ news...)

    2017
  • Gettysburg: The Meade-Sickles Controversy

    (On July 2, 1863, the second day of fighting at Gettysburg...)

    2003
  • The Fishing Creek Confederacy

    (n The Fishing Creek Confederacy, Richard A. Sauers and Pe...)

    2012
  • The Civil War Journals Of Colonel Bolton

    (William J. Bolton's Civil War journal is especially valua...)

    2007

Connections

Sauers currently lives in White Oak, Pennsylvania. He is married to Ayn Sauers, a homemaker, and has a daughter named Victoria.

Father:

Marlin Sauers

Mother:

Joyce Sauers

Spouse:

Ayn Sauers

Daughter:

Victoria Sauers

References

• Contemporary Authors, Vol. 164
  1998