Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae - Jeffrey Hunt

Teaching Experience

Jeffrey William Hunt is the Director of the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, which is the official museum of the Texas National Guard, and an Adjunct Professor of History at Austin Community College, where he has taught since 1988.  Prior to taking the post at the Texas Military Forces Museum in 2007, he was the Curator of Collections and Director of the Living History Program at the Admiral Nimitz National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas for 11 years. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Government and a Masters Degree in History, both from the University of Texas at Austin.

 

In 2013, Mr. Hunt was appointed an honorary Admiral in the Texas Navy by Governor Rick Perry, in recognition of his efforts to tell the story the Texas Navy during the period of the Texas Revolution and Republic.

 

In 2022, he was awarded the Edward Cole Bearss Award for Outstanding Civil War Scholarship

 

He is a veteran reenactor, with 35 years of experience conducting, participating in and hosting a wide variety of events ranging from the War of 1812 through the Vietnam War.

 

Mr. Hunt’s is the author of

 

The Last Battle of the Civil War: Palmetto Ranch (University of Texas Press, 2002)

 

Meade and Lee After Gettysburg: The Forgotten Final Stage of the Gettysburg Campaign: From Falling Waters to Culpeper Court House (Savas Beatie, 2017, named Eastern Theater Book of the Year by Civil War Books & Authors; Winner of the Gettysburg Civil War Round Table Distinguished Book Award 2018)

 

Meade and Lee at Bristoe Station: The Problems of Command and Strategy After Gettysburg: From Brandy Station to the Buckland Races, August 1 to October 31, 1863 (Savas Beatie 2019)

 

Meade and Lee at Rappahannock Station: The Army of the Potomac’s First Post-Gettysburg Offensive: From Kelly’s Ford to the Rapidan, October 21 to November 21, 1863 (Savas Beatie 2021)

 

He is also a contributor to the

 

Essential Civil War Curriculum,

 

The Revised Handbook of Texas

 

The Gale Library of Daily Life: American Civil War

 

North & South Magazine

 

The final book in his post-Gettysburg Series, Meade and Lee at Mine Run is forthcoming from Savas & Beatie in 2022

 

Professional Publications

 

Mr. Hunt’s writing credits include

 

Meade and Lee at Rappahannock Station: The Army of the Potomacs First Post-Gettysburg Offensive: From Kelly's Ford to the Rapidan, October 21 - November 20, 1863 (Savas Beatie, 2021)

"A Bloody and Indescribale Conflict: The Battles of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford" North and South Magazine, Series II Vol. 2, No. 3 June 2021

"Almost Like Boys Chasing a Hare: The Bristoe Station Campaign" North and South Magazine, Series II Vol. 2, No. 2,  Nov. 2020

"So that... I May be Made the Scapegoat" Noth and South Magazine, Series II Vol. 2 No. 1, September 2020 

"Gettysburg Campaign Final Moves" North and South Magazine, Series II Vol. 1 No. 6, July 2020

Meade and Lee at Bristoe Station: From Culpeper Court House to the Buckland Races, August 1-October 31, 1863 (Savas Beatie, 2019)

Meade and Lee After Gettysbug: From Falling Waters to Culpeper Court House, July 14-31, 1863 (Savas Beatie, 2017),  WINNER, 2017, GETTYSBURG CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE BOOK AWARD; EASTERN THEATER BOOK OF THE YEAR (EASTERN THEATER) – CIVIL WAR BOOKS AND AUTHOR

The Last Battle of the Civil War: Palmetto Ranch, (University of Texas Press in 2002) 

A Guide to The National Museum of the Pacific War, from the Historical Published Network of San Antonio;

“A Rebel’s View of the Red River Campaign” in The Reenactor’s Journal,  June and July 1996. 

He is also a contributor to the Revised Handbook of Texas, published in 1996, and the Gale Library of Daily Life: American Civil War, published in 2008, as well as a frequent contributor to North & South Magazine.