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Charles "Charlie" Knight is a native Virginian, having been born in Newport News and growing up in Richmond. He developed an interest in history at an early age, the Civil War in particular, volunteering at Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy during high school. He is a 1999 graduate of Bridgewater College with a BA in US history. Formerly Curator of the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, VA, and Director of the Arizona Capitol Museum in Phoenix, Knight is currently Military Curator at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh.
His association with the Battle of New Market began in college, when he was an intern at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park. He subsequently worked there for more than two years as a historical interpreter, and lived for a summer in the original ca. 1818 Bushong family farmhouse on the park grounds. His first book, Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market, stems from his interest in that battle generated while working and living there.
Knight has written articles for various publications including Blue & Gray, Classic Trains, and the Civil War Preservation Trust's Hallowed Ground magazine.
He is currently working on a day-by-day reference study of Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, and a biography of Confederate general and railroad magnate William Mahone.
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