Studying the American Civil War has been David L. Mowery's passion for nearly 35 years. David enjoys traveling across the United States in search of forgotten historic sites. He has visited all of the major Civil War battlefield parks, and he has researched and site-documented hundreds of minor Civil War engagements and skirmishes. The "Official Records of the War of Rebellion" are his favorite resource. He is a long-time member of the Civil War Trust, the largest non-profit group in the nation that focuses on battlefield preservation. His second passion --- computer software engineering --- has been his career for over 20 years.