Alan T. Nolan

{{Short description|American military historian and lawyer (1923–2008)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}

'''Alan T. Nolan''' (19 January 1923, in [[Evansville, Indiana]] – 27 July 2008, in [[Indianapolis]]) was an American military historian, best remembered for his books ''The Iron Brigade'' (1961), ''Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History'' (1991), and ''"Rally, Once Again!": Selected Civil War Writings'' (2000). A graduate of [[Indiana University]] and [[Harvard Law School]], he was a [[law clerk]] under [[Sherman Minton]] at the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] in [[Chicago]]. He would later go on to serve as [[chairman]] of the [[Disciplinary counseling|disciplinary committee]] for the [[Indiana Supreme Court]]. A board member of the [[NAACP]], and twice named [[Sagamore of the Wabash]], he was awarded an [[honorary degree]] in [[humane letters]] from Indiana University, and later served as chairman of the [[Indiana Historical Society]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bodenhamer |first1=David J. |last2=Barrows |first2=Robert G. |title=The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |date=1994 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-11249-1 |page=119 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Boyer |first1=Paul S. |title=The Oxford Companion to United States History |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-508209-8 |page=436 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roland |first1=Charles |title=History Teaches Us to Hope: Reflections on the Civil War and Southern History |date=12 September 2010 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-2917-4 |page=39 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Erickson |first1=Norma |title=Alan T. Nolan |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/alan-t-nolan/ |access-date=23 September 2023 |work=Encyclopedia of Indiana |date=21 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alan T. Nolan: University Honors and Awards: Indiana University |url=https://honorsandawards.iu.edu/awards/honoree/327.html |website=University Honors & Awards |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In Loving Memory of Alan T. Nolan |url=http://funeralinnovations.com/obituaries/view/151188/2/ |website=funeralinnovations.com |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Books by Alan T. Nolan and Complete Book Reviews |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/alan-t.-nolan.html |website=PublishersWeekly.com |access-date=23 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

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