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Matthew A. Borders National Park Service - Monocacy National Battlefield |
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List Affiliations: | Reviewer for H-CivWar |
Reviews: | The Civil War through Their Eyes Johnson’s Island from the Inside untitled |
Interests: | American History / Studies Anthropology Archaeology Historic Preservation History Education Maritime History / Studies Military History |
Bio: Matthew Borders is a 2004 graduate of Michigan State University with a BA in US History. While at MSU he was first an intern and then a seasonal ranger for the National Park Service at Antietam National Battlefield. Following his undergrad he immediately went to Eastern Michigan University for his MS in Historic Preservation, with a focus in Battlefield Interpretation, which he earned in 2006. Upon graduation he taught for a year at Kalamazoo Valley Community College before accepting a position with the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program. Moving to Maryland in 2007 with his wife Kira, he worked as the historian for the ABPP for the next six years, personally surveying over 100 different American Civil War battlefields in the deep south and western United States. Over this period he also became involved with the Frederick County Civil War Round Table. He continues to work with Antietam National Battlefield as a volunteer and Certified Battlefield Guide, as well as a Certified Guide for Harpers Ferry National Historical Site. Currently Matthew is a Park Ranger at Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, Maryland. He continues to volunteer regularly as a living history volunteer portraying Federal infantry and along with fellow guide, Joe Stahl, recently published his first book, Faces of Union Soldiers at Antietam. |