Participant Info

First Name
Kathleen
Last Name
Logothetis Thompson
Affiliation
Independent Scholar
Website URL
https://kathleenlogothetisthompson.wordpress.com/
Keywords
American Civil War, Military History, Mental Trauma, Nineteenth Century Medicine, Soldier Experience, Nineteenth Century America
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About Me

Dr. Kathleen Logothetis Thompson earned her PhD in Nineteenth Century/Civil War America from West Virginia University, and also holds a M.A. from WVU and a B.A. from Siena College. Her research is on mental trauma and coping among Union soldiers and she is currently working on her first book, tentatively titled War on the Mind. She currently teaches history at several colleges and university and leads tours of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Kathleen was a seasonal interpreter at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park for several years and is the co-editor of Civil Discourse, a blog on the long Civil War.

Recent Publications
Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
19th century
Expertise by Topic
American Civil War, Medicine, Military, Public History