About Ted Tunnell
Ted Tunnell was a historian.
Ted Tunnell is a history professor and author in the United States. He has taught history at Virginia Commonwealth University. He wrote a book about the Reconstruction era in Louisiana, edited Marshall Twitchell's autobiography, and wrote a book about him. He appears on film in an interview for the show American Experience discussing Twitchell.
In 2010, Tunnell was quoted in an article about a Virginia textbook erroneously stating that many African Americans fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War stating there were only a handful. Regarding the claim that there were thousands, he stated: "I would say all professional historians at universities would say it's grossly exaggerated."
Works
Carpetbagger from Vermont: The Autobiography of Marshall Harvey Twitchell, editor, Baton Rouge, 1989 Edge of the Sword: The Ordeal of Carpetbagger Marshall H. Twitchell in the Civil War and Reconstruction Louisiana State University Press (2000)
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