John C Waugh

Civil War historian John C. Waugh was for seventeen years a staff correspondent and bureau chief for the international newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor. He followed that with three years on the senior staff of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller in Washington. Later for six years he was the press secretary for New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman in that U. S. senator's first term. An historian at heart, Waugh has spent the last three decades, with occasional Lapses, writing thirteen...See more

Civil War historian John C. Waugh was for seventeen years a staff correspondent and bureau chief for the international newspaper, The Christian Science Monitor. He followed that with three years on the senior staff of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller in Washington. Later for six years he was the press secretary for New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman in that U. S. senator's first term. An historian at heart, Waugh has spent the last three decades, with occasional Lapses, writing thirteen published books on the American Civil War era, including the best-selling The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox-Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and Their Brothers . He has also authored various articles for numerous national periodicals. Waugh attended Tucson, Arizona, public schools and graduated from the University of Arizona in 1951 with a major in journalism and a minor in history. He is the father of two children, the grandfather of four, and the great- grandfather of one. He and his wife, Kathleen D. Lively, live in Pantego, Texas. See less