Sandy Barnard, a journalist and non-fiction writer for nearly 40 years, specializes in researching the Civil War and the Plains Indian wars. He is well-known for his research and writing on the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the career of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, and the men of the 7th U.S. Cavalry who served with him or followed him. Barnard is especially recognized for his expertise on newspaper reporter Mark H. Kellogg, killed with Custer at the Little Bighorn; First Sgt. John Ryan, a prominent Little Bighorn survivor; and Major Joel H. Elliott, a key 7th Cavalry officer in the 1860s. In the 1980s, Barnard assisted the National Park Service with media relations during archeological projects at then-Custer Battlefield National Monument.
His publications include Where Custer Fell, a study of historic photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield in collaboration with James S. Brust and Brian C. Pohanka that was published in 2005. His own most recent book, published in 2004, is the third edition of Digging Into Custer’s Last Stand, which first appeared in 1986.
His other books include:
    • Campaigning with the Irish Brigade: Pvt. John Ryan, 28th Massachusetts;
    • Ten Years with Custer, a 7th Cavalryman’s Memoirs, which received the John M. Carroll Bookof the Year Award from the Little Bighorn Associates in 2002;
    • Custer’s First Sergeant John Ryan;
    • I Go With Custer, The Life and Death of Reporter Mark Kellogg;
    • Shovels & Speculation, Archeologists Hunt Custer;
    • Speaking About Custer.
For 19 years, he has been the editor of the annual Greasy Grass magazine published by the Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association. A U.S. Army veteran who received the Bronze Star Medal while serving as an intelligence officer in Vietnam in 1968-1969, Barnard holds degrees from Boston College and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. A retired journalism professor at Indiana State University, he lives in Wake Forest, N.C., where he operates AST Press and Rare Books.
 

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