Elwood “Woody” Christ was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and spent many of his 60 years in his beloved Gettysburg, where he passed away in 2014. He was a 1975 graduate of Gettysburg College, a well-known local historian, and a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park. He obtained an M.A. in American Studies from Penn State University—Harrisburg. Woody served as Assistant Director of the Adams County Historical Society for many years and worked with a host of other associations. “Across a Wide Hot Crimson Plain: The Bliss Farm Fight at Gettysburg” was his only book.