Background

Stephen Ash was born on November 22, 1948, in El Centro, CA in the family of Omar L. and Juanita (Vaughan) Ash.

Career

Stephen is an educator, historian, and author.

Achievements

• Stephen V. Ash has written several books detailing various aspects of Southern history, including the Civil War and its effects on Southern lifestyle.

Works

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  • Middle Tennessee Society Transformed, 1860-1870: War and Peace in the Upper South

    (Originally published in 1988, Middle Tennessee Society Tr...)

    2006
  • The Black Experience in the Civil War South (Reflections on the Civil War Era)

    (The first book of its kind to appear in a generation, thi...)

    2010
  • A Year in the South: 1865: The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in American History

    (A slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling pove...)

    2004
  • Ready Aim Fire: Small Arms Ammunition in the Battle of Gettysburg

    (More than 375 bullet and cartridge specimens used by the ...)

    1993
  • The Black Experience in the Civil War South 2013
  • Firebrand of Liberty: The Story of Two Black Regiments That Changed the Course of the Civil War 2008
  • A Massacre in Memphis: The Race Riot That Shook the Nation One Year After the Civil War 2013
  • Past times: A daybook of Knoxville history 1991

Membership

• Organization of American Historians

• Society of Civil War Historians

• Conference of Historical Journals

• Southern Historical Association

• Tennessee Historical Society

• Virginia Historical Society

• East Tennessee Historical Society

• Phi Kappa Phi