Douglas R. Egerton has taught history at Le Moyne College since 1987; he has also held visiting appointments at Colgate University, Cornell University, and the University College of Dublin. He is the author of eight books, including the Lincoln Prize co-winner Thunder At the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America (2016) and, most recently, Heirs of an Honored Name:The Decline of the Adams Family and the Rise of Modern America (2019).