DONALD S. FRAZIER is the award-winning author of books on the American Civil War, Texas History, Military History, and the US-Mexican Borderlands. He is currently serving as the Director of The Texas Center at Schreiner University and is the President and CEO of the McWhiney History Education Group in Kerrville, Texas. Frazier is a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, an elected member of the prestigious Philosophical Society of Texas--the oldest learned organization in the state--as well serving on the board of the Texas Historical Foundation. He is also an advisor to The Alamo and the State Board of Education. Governor Gregg Abbott recently appointed him to the advisory committee for the Texas 1836 Project.