Dennis Frye recently retired after 20 years as Chief Historian at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. For his more than three decades of NPS service, Dennis earned the Department of Interior's "Distinguished Service Award," the highest honor conferred by the Department. Dennis also has earned the American Battlefields Trust highest award - "The Shelby Foote Award," as well as the Chicago Civil War Round Table's "Nevins-Freeman Award"; the Kansas City CWRT's "Harry S. Truman Award"; and the Greater Boston CWRT's "Revere Award." Author of ten books and 102 articles, Dennis has appeared as a guest historian for PBS, the History Channel, A&E Channel, the Travel Channel, C-SPAN, Voice of America, and Fox News. Dennis is in demand as a guide, and has led tours for the Smithsonian, National Geographic, The New York Times, and major universities and Civil War organizations. Dennis is a renowned preservationist, and a co-founder of today's American Battlefields Trust and the Save Historic Antietam Foundation, serving as president of both non-profit organizations. Dennis is a native of the Antietam Battlefield/Harpers Ferry region, where his family roots go back 250 years. He and his wife Sylvia own and have restored General Burnside's post-Antietam headquarters south of Sharpsburg, where they now reside.