Eggleston, Larry G. 1937

PERSONAL:

Born April 5, 1937, in Valparaiso, IN; son of Charles Everet (a farmer) and Hazel Lena (a homemaker; maiden name, Wright) Eggleston; married Margaret Ellen Chester (an accountant), February 15, 1958; children: Mildred, Wayne, Gregory, Darren, Rebecca, Matthew.Ethnicity: "English." Education: Indiana University—Bloomington, B.S., 1962; graduate study at Florida Institute of Technology. Politics:Republican. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Civil War history, public speaking.

ADDRESSES:

Home—106 Sprunger Dr., Wanatah, IN 46390. E- mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer and historian. U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, worked as contract specialist, contract negotiator, and contracting officer, c. 1967-1997; writer, 1997—. Military service:U.S. Navy, 1954-58.

MEMBER:

Wanatah Historical Society (project director), Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (patriotic instructor), Indiana Canal Society, Write on Hoosiers Writing Club, Wanatah Lions Club (vice president).

WRITINGS:

Getting Started in Government Contracting, privately printed, 1998.

Women in the Civil War: Extraordinary Stories of Soldiers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, and Others, McFarland (Jefferson, NC), 2003.

Porter County Lakes and Resorts, Arcadia Publishing (Mount Pleasant, SC), 2004.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

A Civil War historical novel; research on historical railroads and Civil War prison camps.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, spring-summer, 2003, Teresa Fernandez, review of Women in the Civil War: Extraordinary Stories of Soldiers, Spies, Nurses, Doctors, Crusaders, and Others, p. 27.