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John V. Quarstein is an award-winning historian, preservationist, lecturer and author. He served as director of the Virginia War Museum for over thirty years and, after retirement, continues to work as a historian for the city of Newport News. He is in demand as a speaker throughout the nation.Quarstein is the author of fourteen books, including the companion volume to The CSS Virginia, The Monitor Boys: The Crew of the Union's First Ironclad, as well as Fort Monroe: The Key to the South and A History of Ironclads: The Power of Iron Over Wood. His most recent volume is Big Bethel: The First Battle. He has produced, narrated and written several PBS documentaries, including Jamestown: Foundations of Freedom and the film series Civil War in Hampton Roads, which was awarded a 2007 Silver Telly. His latest film, Hampton: From the Sea to the Stars, was a 2011 Bronze Telly winner.John Quarstein is the recipient of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 1993 President's Award for Historic Preservation; the Civil War Society s Preservation Award in 1996; and the United Daughters of the Confederacy's Jefferson Davis Gold Medal in 1999. Besides his lifelong interest in Tidewater Virginia's Civil War experience, Quarstein is also an avid duck hunter and decoy collector. He lives on Old Point Comfort in Hampton, Virginia, and on his family's Eastern Shore farm near Chestertown, Maryland.