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TRAGEDY IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: THE STORY OF THE SUMMERS-KOONTZ EXECUTION The History Press, Inc. NOW AVAILABLE! Praise for Tragedy in the Shenandoah Valley: "Robert Moore's splendid new book displays precisely the kind of thorough, definitive research in primary sources that I love to see. His pathetic story, movingly told, of the murder of two Shenandoah Valley boys in an era of uncontrolled thuggery deserves the widest possible circulation." - Robert K. Krick, author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain *** For Tragedy in the Shenandoah Valley Moore was presented with the Sir Moses Ezekiel Award from the Virginia Society, Military Order of the Stars and Bars in April 2007.*** Read more details For pricing and availability contact: Robert Moore E-mail: cenantua@yahoo.com |
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SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF PAGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND ITS PEOPLE, VOLUME 2 Heritage Books, Inc. October 2005 ISBN 0-78843-594-9 Read more details For pricing and availability contact: Robert Moore E-mail: cenantua@yahoo.com |
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SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF PAGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND ITS PEOPLE, VOLUME 1 Heritage Books, Inc. April 2005 ISBN 1-58549-954-4 Read more details For pricing and availability contact: Robert Moore E-mail: cenantua@yahoo.com |
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GIBRALTAR OF THE SHENANDOAH: CIVIL WAR SITES AND STORIES OF STAUNTON, WAYNESBORO, AND AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA (The Donning Company Publishers, October 2004) ISBN 1-57864-266-3 Read more details (pdf page off-site) Praise for Gibraltar of the Shenandoah “…an indispensable book on Augusta County areas and people in the Civil War…packed with useful informationand illustrations…a must for anyone interested in those subjects.” - Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr. Virginia Tech professor and renowned Civil War historian Gibraltar of the Shenandoah is a gem for anyone who wishes to travel the historic areas of Augusta County with detailed excursions into Staunton and Waynesboro. . . . This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in exploring the back roads of a historic part of Virginia. A review by Michael Russert in the Civil War News “…a top notch tour book…aesthetically a delight…a must have book… an excellent trip back in time… - ”Jim McCloskey The News Leader“ For pricing and availability contact: Augusta County Historical Society Post Office Box 686 Staunton, Va. 24402-0686 E-mail: cenantua@yahoo.com |
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AVENUE OF ARMIES: CIVIL WAR SITES AND STORIES OF LURAY AND PAGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA (The Donning Company Publishers, December 2002) ISBN 0-930919-72-6 Read more details For pricing and availability contact: E-mail: cenantua@yahoo.com |
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VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL HISTORIES SERIES For pricing and availability on all books in the Virginia Regimental Histories Series contact: H.E. Howard, Inc. Rt. 2 Box 496H Appomattox, Virginia 24522
Robert H. Moore, II has been writing about various aspects of the history of the Civil War for nearly twenty years. In addition to the books listed above, Moore has has also maintained the “Heritage & Heraldry” column for the Page News & Courier (Luray, Virginia) for the past ten years (which make up the above-listed Short Historical Sketches of Page County, Virginia and It’s People series. He has also written articles for various magazines including Civil War Times Illustrated ["Custer and the Shadow Soldiers," XXXIX, No. 1 (March 2000), 28-34, 58; and, as an edited work, Washington Brooks Traweek, "Break out! The capture and adventures of Washington Brown Traweek in Yankeedom and his part in leading up to the daring escape of Confederate prisoners from Elmira, New York," XXIX, No. 5 (Nov./Dec. 1991), 26, 52-54, 56, 59-61], Blue and Gray Magazine ["A Matter of Injustice: The Summers-Koontz Incident" (February 1992), 32-34], and America's Civil War ["The 38th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery at Gettysburg" (January 2000), 12, 14, 16, 18]. Additionally, Mr. Moore has served on the History Committee for Virginia Civil War Trails (1999-2003) and the Education & Interpretation Committee of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation (2000-2003). He also served as Grants Writer (1999-2000) and Development Director (2000-2002) for the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia. Mr. Moore currently serves as commander of the Luray-Carlisle Reunion Camp #1881, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and is also the Monuments Officer of the Maryland Department, Sons of Union Veterans. Moore holds a M.A. in History from Old Dominion University and a B.S. in Liberal Studies from Excelsior College (formerly the University of the State of New York, Regents College at Albany). His masters thesis, “Flaws in the Armor of the Grand Illusion: Dissent, Reluctance and Disaffection for the Confederate Cause in the Central Shenandoah Valley – A Study of Page County, Virginia,” was the result of accessing a cache of previously untapped resources, including many old editions of the Page News & Courier. In this work, Moore was able to uncover the “other side” of the Civil War in Page County and address the presence of local Unionists as well as a rather large number of reluctant citizens, some caring little to support either side. Additionally, the thesis identifies how local Civil War history is sometimes misrepresented in oral history today. The thesis will form the foundation of a future larger work on measurements of wartime loyalties. Mr. Moore is currently working on his second masters degree and is enrolled as a full-time student with the Institute of Technical and Scientific Communcation at James Madison University. He is concentrating on Web development and document editing and is tying his background in history with Web technology in the interest of future work in digital history.
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