Jerry T Wooten Author

Jerry T. Wooten, Ph.D., is the Park Manager for Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville, Tennessee. He served as Park Manager at Johnsonville State Historic Park, as the Director of State Historic Sites for the Tennessee Historical Commission and as Park Historian at the Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia. Jerry is a Clarksville, Tennessee, native who obtained his Ph.D. in Public History from Middle Tennessee State University. He has researched, written, and presented programs about the Civil War for most of his professional life, serves on the Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association’s Board of Directors, and is a frequent speaker at Civil War roundtables, historical organizations, state and national parks, and museums.