Stuart developed a fascination for military history during a visit to the Gettysburg battlefield at age
seven – a place he moved to twelve years later and that has been his home ever since. His “first love”
was the American Civil War, an interest that increased as genealogical research revealed the stories of
five ancestors who fought in that conflict, three of whom never came home. Stuart is in his eighteenth
year serving as a Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide; he has written several articles on various
aspects of the campaign and hosted a video series on the Army of the Potomac’s Eleventh Corps (his
favorite Civil War topic) on the website GettysburgDaily.com.
For many years, Stuart has also led tours at several other battlefields and historic sites in both North
America and Europe, including Manassas, Antietam, and Richmond (Civil War), the Lake Champlain Valley
and Brandywine (American War for Independence) and Berlin, Normandy, the Ardennes/Hürtgen Forest, and
Prague (World War Two). His favorite battlefield to study is the Seelow Heights in eastern Germany, and
the three conflicts mentioned above are his areas of specialization.
Stuart is an honours graduate of Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland, where his studies focused on
modern military history. He has lectured at Harrisburg College and a number of historical societies and
round tables throughout the USA. He has also served on the Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides’
Executive Council and chaired their annual seminars. He is currently working on a book-length manuscript
chronicling the experiences of a Union brigade at Gettysburg. Stuart lives a few miles west of
Gettysburg with his wife Jean and their dogs.
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