In November, Roundtable members will be treated to a fine, informative, and entertaining presentation by Dr. Curt Fields as he portrays General Ulysses S. Grant. Dr. Fields, a physician from Collierville, Tennessee, has cultivated the persona of General Grant to the extent that he is considered now the preeminent living historian portraying Grant.

Dr. Fields is the National Park Service representative for General U. S. Grant. He has portrayed the commanding general of the Union Army in films, posters, and re-enactments. Dr. Fields has a bachelor and a master’s degree in Education from the University of Memphis, Tennessee. He later earned a second master’s degree in Secondary Education and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Curriculum from Michigan State University, among his other academic achievements.

He was selected to portray General Grant at the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, in 2015. He was featured as General Grant, and as a Grant authority, in the Discovery Channel three-part documentary series “How Booze Built America.”

Dr. Fields, the same height and body style as General Grant, represents a true-to-life image of the man as he would have looked. He researches extensively in order to share an accurate portrayal. His presentations are in first person, quoting from General Grant’s memoirs, articles, and letters, statements he made in interviews, and first-person accounts of people who knew the General or were with him and witnessed him during events.

In international demand, Dr. Fields has been featured not only by the National Park Service, but also, the Grant Presidential Library and a myriad of documentarians and filmmakers. Dr. Fields is simply the best in the field. Recently honored by both the US Army and Navy for his work on Grant’s life and legacy, the Kentucky Civil War Roundtable is fortunate to have him accept our invitation.