Alan D. Gaff (born 1948) is an American military historian, best known for his books focusing on American wars such as On Many a Bloody Field (1997), Bayonets in the Wilderness (2004), Blood in the Argonne (2005), and for his memoir on Lou Gehrig titled Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir (2020).

Contents

• Early life, education and military service
• Career
• Selected works
• References

Early life, education and military service

Gaff if from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in history from Indiana University ^{[ which? ]} in 1979 and a master of arts in history from Ball State University in 1980. Retired sergeant form the United States Army Military Police, where he worked at military prisons. ^[1]

Career

Gaff retired from the United States Postal Service in 2009 after nearly thirty years. ^[1]

He is the recipient of an Award of Merit from the Wisconsin Historical Society. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Selected works

• Brave Men's Tears: The Iron Brigade at Brawner Farm. Morningside. 1985. ISBN   978-0-89029-317-1.
• If this is War: A History of the Campaign of Bull's Run by the Wisconsin Regiment Thereafter Known as the Ragged Ass Second. Morningside. 1991. ISBN   978-0-89029-536-6.
• Gaff (1997). On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years in the Iron Brigade. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-21294-8.
• Bayonets in the Wilderness: Anthony Wayne's Legion in the Old Northwest. University of Oklahoma Press. 2004. ISBN   978-0-8061-3585-4.
• Blood in the Argonne: The "Lost Battalion" of World War I. University of Oklahoma Press. 2005. ISBN   978-0-8061-3696-7.
• Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir. Simon and Schuster. 2020. ISBN   978-1-9821-3241-5.
• Field of Corpses: Arthur St. Clair and the Death of an American Army. Knox Press. 2023. ISBN   978-1-63758-505-4.

References