Dean Smith and his interest in the Civil War

Dean’s interest in the Civil War began on a trip to Virginia, in 1999, where he visited the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville battlefields.  Since then, he has visited battlefields at Antietam, Harper’s Ferry, Gettysburg, and Spotsylvania Courthouse, as well as Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Port Hudson, in Louisiana.

He is a member of the Civil War Trust; the Commander of the Gen. W. S. Rosecrans Camp No. 2, of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

Dean has served as the President of the Los Angeles Civil War Round Table, since 2012; and, a member of the Board of Directors, of the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum, as their Secretary, since 2017.