Ed Gleeson

Ed Gleeson's Confederate ancestors were, Irish-born Tennesseans. A frequent lecturer at Civil War seminars and meetings and contributor to various Civil War periodicals, Gleeson is also the author of a detailed report prepared for Chicago's Oakwoods Cemetery of the 4,039 Camp Douglas prisoners vis mere buried there. Gleeson is a past president of the Order of Sons of Confederate Veterans of America, and also holds memberships in the Blue and Gray Educational Association, the National Civil War Society, and the Chicago Historical Society vis mindre