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W. Robert Beckman has taught history for more than two decades at Dunlap High School, one of Illinois's leading public schools. He earned an MS in history from Illinois State University and received the Helen Cavanaugh Award for Best Master's Thesis in US History. Sharon S. MacDonald is professor emerita of history at Illinois State University specializing in American Civil War military history. She earned her doctorate in history from the University of Minnesota. MacDonald and Beckman were the historical advisors to Andrew Jackson Smith's family for obtaining Sergeant Smith's Medal of Honor.
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