Gordon C. Rhea

Gordon C. Rhea is an American lawyer and historian who specializes in the American Civil War, especially the Overland Campaign. He has served as the attorney general of the United States Virgin Islands since 2024.

Career

Rhea received the Civil War Regiments Book Award for his book on the Battle of the Wilderness, The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864. His work on the Battle of Cold Harbor, Cold Harbor, received the Austin Civil War Round Table's Laney Prize. Rhea has lectured at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and for Civil War round tables.

Rhea has provided commentary for CNN.

He graduated from Indiana University (BA), Harvard University (MA), and Stanford Law School (JD).[unreliable source?]

Selected works

• The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0807118737 OCLC
• The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7–12, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. ISBN 0807121363 OCLC
• Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26–June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ISBN 0807128031 OCLC
• To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. ISBN 0807125350 OCLC
• Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Unlikely Hero. New York: Basic Books, 2004. ISBN 0465069568 OCLC
• On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4–14, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780807167472 OCLC

Personal life

Rhea is married with two sons.

External links

• at IMDb