James I. Robertson, Jr.
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| Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr. | |
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 Bud Robertson in Lexington, Virginia, 2005 |
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| Born | Danville, Virginia United States |
| Pen name | Bud Robertson |
| Occupation | Author, Professor of history |
| Nationality | United States |
| Writing period | 1987- present |
| Genres | non-fiction American Civil War |
Dr. James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr., is a noted scholar on the American Civil War and is a professor at Virginia Tech. Born and raised in Danville, Virginia, he earned his bachelor’s degree at Randolph-Macon College in 1955. He earned his master’s degree (1956) and his PhD. at Emory University in 1959. He earned his Litt.D. at Randolph-Macon in 1980.
Known as an excellent public speaker, he has made his career teaching thousands of college students in his Civil War and Reconstruction course at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, Virginia. He currently holds an endowed professorship there, as the Alumni Distinguished Professor in History. He is also the executive director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies - a research center he co-founded. Dr. Robertson is considered the preeminent scholar on Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
Along with his distinguished career in the academic community, he also spent several years as a faculty representative from Virginia Tech to the NCAA. Dr. Robertson is also a former member of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.
Notable among his long list of publications are:
The Stonewall Brigade (1963)
General A.P. Hill (1987)
Soldiers, Blue and Gray (1988)
Civil War! America Becomes One Nation (1992)
Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend (1997)
