Bryan Bush is a Louisville native with a passion for history, especially the Civil War. He has consulted for movie companies and other authors, coordinated with other museums on displays of various museum articles and artifacts and written for magazines, such as the Kentucky Explorer and Back Home in Kentucky . Mr. Bush has published more than fourteen books on the Civil War and Louisville history, including Louisville's Southern Exposition and The Men Who Built the City of Progress: Louisville During the Gilded Age . Bryan Bush has been a Civil War reenactor for fifteen years, portraying an artillerist. In December 2019, Bryan Bush became the park manager for the Perryville State Historic Site.