Edwin C. Bearss

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Edwin C. Bearss was a Chief Historian for the National Park Service with 11 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1993 Speech. The year with the most videos was 2011 with two videos as a Chief Historian Emeritus for the National Park Service. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2012 with an average of 1,555 views per program. Most appearances with James M. McPherson (2), William "Jack" C. Davis (2), S. Waite Rawls III (2). Most common tags: Civil War, U.S. History.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 1995 - Present Chief Historian Emeritus, National Park Service

Videos: 7

Previously

Chief Historian, National Park Service c. January 1, 1981 - c. January 1, 1994 Videos: 4

Recent Appearances

February 9, 2019
Recovering the USS Cairo

In 1956, while working as a historian at Vicksburg National Military Park, Edwin Bearss set out to recover and preserve the U…
July 12, 2014
Battle of Fort Stevens 150th Anniversary

Officials from the National Park Service and Washington, D.C., commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Steve…
September 16, 2012
150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam

James McPherson, Civil War historian, and Edwin Bearss, former National Park Service chief historian, each talked about the B…
February 25, 2011
Person of the Year 1861, Part 2

Each year Time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the previous twelve months. If th…