Derrick Lindow teaches 8th grade United States history in Owensboro, Kentucky. He graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan College (2010) with a BA in history and holds an MA in Education from the University of the Cumberlands. In 2023, he earned his MA in history from Western Kentucky University. He is the 2015 Dr. Tom and Betty Lawrence National History Teacher Award recipient from the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the 2019 James Madison Fellow for the state of Kentucky. Derrick is the creator and co-administrator of the Western Theater in the Civil War website, which brings together authors and historians to write about that crucial area of the war. The Kentucky native is married to his lovely wife Allie and is the father of two boys, Ezra and Owen.