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Robert Thompson is a historian living in the St. Louis, Missouri area. A former career military officer, he has a bachelor’s degree in history from Texas Tech University, and was a Distinguished Graduate of American Military University, from which he holds a graduate degree in Military Studies-Civil War. His first book, A Woman of Courage on the West Virginia Frontier: Phebe Tucker Cunningham, was published in 2013, and his second book, Disaster on the Sandusky: The Life of Colonel William Crawford, was released in 2017. A third book, titled "General Emory Upton in the Civil War: The Formative Experiences of an American Military Visionary," was released by McFarland Publishing in July 2019. His book, Suddenly Soldiers: The 166th Infantry Regiment in World War I, was released by Westholme Publishing in December 2020 and a fifth book, Nine Desperate Days: America's Rainbow Division in the Aisne-Marne Offensive, was released by Westholme Publishing in June 2022. This was followed by Approach to Final Victory: America's Rainbow Division in the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives, a Westholme Publishing release in November 2023. All three Westholme books were finalists for the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award. His other works include “William Averell’s Cavalry Raid on the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad,” published in the November 2000 issue of America’s Civil War and “Battle of Cold Harbor: The Folly and Horror,” which appeared in the November 2006 issue of Military History. He has also written seven book reviews for Michigan State University’s Civil War H-Net Web site.