Charles D. Grear received his Ph.D. in history at Texas Christian University. He teaches the United States history survey courses as well as advanced courses in early American and Latin American history. A specialist in Texas and Civil War history, he has authored three articles, three book chapters, and is currently revising a manuscript “Texans to the Front: Why Texans Fought in the Civil War” for Texas A & M University Press as well as publishing an anthology for the University of Arkansas Press titled The Fate of Texas: The Civil War and the Lone Star State. In addition to these projects he is contributing to a new Texas History textbook organized by Prairie View's Dr. Kenneth Howell Beyond Myths and Legends: A Narrative History of Texas and co-authoring a book with Dr. Alexander Mendoza at The Univeristy of Texas at Tyler “Causes Lost But Not Forgotten: Confederate Legacies at Southern Universities.” Other future projects include co-editing with Alexander Mendoza an anthology on the diverse roles of Texans in military conflicts and a collection of essays on the battle of Chattanooga with Steven E. Woodworth. Additionally he is the book review editor for H-CivWar. Dr. Grear has received the Lawrence T. Jones III Research Fellowship in Civil War Texas History for the Texas State Historical Association and is a recipient of the fellowship to the 2007 West Point Summer Seminar in Military History.