Alan D. Gaff

American military historian (born 1948)

Alan D. Gaff (born 1948) is an American military historian, best known for his books focusing on American wars such as On Many a Bloody Field (1997), Bayonets in the Wilderness (2004), Blood in the Argonne (2005), and for his memoir on Lou Gehrig titled Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir (2020). A graduate of Ball State University and Indiana University, he is the recipient of an Award of Merit from the Wisconsin Historical Society.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Selected works

• Brave Men's Tears: The Iron Brigade at Brawner Farm. Morningside. 1985. ISBN 978-0-89029-317-1.
• If this is War: A History of the Campaign of Bull's Run by the Wisconsin Regiment Thereafter Known as the Ragged Ass Second. Morningside. 1991. ISBN 978-0-89029-536-6.
• Gaff (1997). On Many a Bloody Field: Four Years in the Iron Brigade. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21294-8.
• Bayonets in the Wilderness: Anthony Wayne's Legion in the Old Northwest. University of Oklahoma Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8061-3585-4.
• Blood in the Argonne: The "Lost Battalion" of World War I. University of Oklahoma Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8061-3696-7.
• Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir. Simon and Schuster. 2020. ISBN 978-1-9821-3241-5.
• Field of Corpses: Arthur St. Clair and the Death of an American Army. Knox Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1-63758-505-4.

References

1. Boylen, Patrick (4 July 2013). "Alan Gaff". Whatzup. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
2. Bradford, James C. (3 November 2009). A Companion to American Military History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4443-1511-0.
3. Herdegen, Lance J. (21 September 2005). The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name. Indiana University Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-253-21825-4.
4. Skaggs, David Curtis; Nelson, Larry L. (1 January 2012). Sixty Years' War for the Great Lakes, 1754-1814. MSU Press. p. XX. ISBN 978-1-60917-218-3.
5. "Alan D. Gaff". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 22 September 2023.