Brian Wills is a Professor of History and the Director of the Center for the Study of the Civil War Era at Kennesaw State University. was born in 1959 in Virginia. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a farmer. Wills attended the University of Richmond where he recieved his Bachelors in History. Wills attended the University of Georgia for his Graduate Studies and stayed there for his Ph.D which he recieved in 1991. Brian taught at Georgia Southern for 2 years before moving back to Virginia to teach at Clinch Valley College (now renamed to University of Virginia's College at Wise). Wills made his way to Kennesaw State University in 2014, brought here in part due to its proximity to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield and has remained at KSU untilhis retirement in 2024.
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Brian Wills, 2024-04-24, Kennesaw State University oral history series, Kennesaw State University Oral History Project, 1973- , KSU/45/05/001, Kennesaw State University Archives.
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