A graduate of Gettysburg College, where he majored in History and obtained a minor in Civil War-Era Studies and Public History, his main area of interest and focus regards the human experience, individuality, and material culture of the common soldier of the War. He has previously worked as a summer intern with the National Park Service at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Vicksburg National Military Park, and Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Historical Park. He presently conducts living history programs at Appomattox Court House, focusing on unique narratives regarding the fighting men, both North and South, and leads a Facebook group, “Little will be said or written about the private soldier…”, where he recounts untold stories of the American Civil War.