Seventy-five members of the Shelby County
Civil War Roundtable heard Professor Kenny O. McDougle speak on March 15, 1999, at the
Amos Community Center, Dorothy Love Retirement Community. The program was arranged by Dan
OConnor, executive director of Dorothy Love Retirement Community.
McDougle, associate professor of curriculum and instruction at Pittsburgh State
University in Pittsburgh, Kansas, based his presentation on his two recent papers tracing
opposite career paths of two prominent Civil War generals, one Confederate, the other
Union: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and Joshua L. Chamberlain.
A native of Louisiana and educated at Northeast Louisiana University, Louisiana Tech,
and the University of North Texas, McDougle holds bachelor and master degrees in music and
master and doctorate degrees in education.