Gordon C. Rhea

Gordon C. Rhea is an American lawyer and historian who specializes in the American Civil War, especially the Overland Campaign.

Career
Rhea received the Civil War Regiments Book Award for his book on the Battle of the Wilderness, The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864. His work on the Battle of Cold Harbor, Cold Harbor, received the Austin Civil War Round Table's Laney Prize. Rhea has lectured at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and for Civil War round tables.

Rhea has provided commentary for CNN.

He graduated from Indiana University (BA), Harvard University (MA), and Stanford Law School (JD).

Selected works

 * The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5–6, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0807118737
 * The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7–12, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1997. ISBN 0807121363
 * Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26–June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ISBN 0807128031
 * To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. ISBN 0807125350
 * Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Unlikely Hero. New York: Basic Books, 2004. ISBN 0465069568
 * On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4–14, 1864. 	Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780807167472

Personal life
Rhea is married with two sons.