Zachery Cowsert

Dr. Zac Cowsert teaches history and humanities courses at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, & the Arts (ASMSA), a public, residential high school in Hot Springs affiliated with the University of Arkansas system. Zac holds a PhD in 19th-century U.S. history from West Virginia University, where he also received his master's degree. He earned his bachelor's degree in history and political science from Centenary College of Louisiana, a small liberal-arts college in Shreveport.

Zac's dissertation explored the Civil War in Indian Territory (modern Oklahoma). Broadly speaking, his research focuses on Trans-Mississippi military history, Native-American involvement in the war, Southern Unionism, and soldier newspapers. His work has been published in the Journal of Southern History, Chronicles of Oklahoma, North Louisiana History, as well as Hallowed Ground (magazine of the American Battlefield Trust). He is a regular presenter at academic conferences, historic sites, and Civil War roundtables.

Outside of academia, Zac spent numerous summers working as a seasonal interpreter for the National Park Service at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia. He has helped develop various digital history projects, including Chronicling America and Clio (via AmeriCorps). He lives in Royal, Arkansas with his wife Jeridan, daughter Claire, and cats Roscoe and Callie.

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