Elmira Prison Camp – Derek D. Maxfield

Three Nights in Virginia

After months of touring to promote Man of Fire, which debuted this past March, Derek Maxfield took to the road in a tour dedicated to the promotion of his first book, Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira, NY. The first evening’s book talk was hosted by the Roanoke Civil WarContinue reading “Three Nights in Virginia”

Book Talk and Signing at “Gettysburg Acts of Valor” Event in June

Author Derek Maxfield sits outside at a table under a tent. A stack of Hellmira books and a stack of Man of Fire books are on the table in front of him.

In celebration of the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, I attended the “Gettysburg Acts of Valor” event from June 23-25, a three-day re-enactment hosted by the Patriots of the Civil War Association. I had the pleasure of speaking for a lively audience about my book Man of Fire, a biography of General WilliamContinue reading “Book Talk and Signing at “Gettysburg Acts of Valor” Event in June”

Signatures All Around at March Book Launch for MAN OF FIRE

GOART! BATAVIA, NY – At Friday’s book launch party for Man of Fire: William Tecumseh Sherman in the Civil War, author Derek Maxfield signed copies of both his new book and his first book, Hellmira: The Union’s Most Infamous Civil War Prison Camp – Elmira, NY. Writers of the books’ appendices, Tracy Ford, Michael Gosselin,Continue reading “Signatures All Around at March Book Launch for MAN OF FIRE”

Derek Maxfield on C-SPAN

Episode Celebrates Associate Professor’s First Book! BATAVIA, NY (09/09/2020) Genesee Community College Associate Professor of History, Derek D. Maxfield will be on C-SPAN Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 6 p.m. sharing what his research has uncovered about the excruciating conditions at a POW camp, right here, in Elmira, NY. Maxfield became an expert on the subject whileContinue reading “Derek Maxfield on C-SPAN”