Joseph L. Owen is a National Park Ranger at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park in Johnson City, Texas. He is an associate member of Hood’s Texas Brigade (Reactivated) and the Austin, Texas Civil War Round Table. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in History and a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from East Central University located in Ada, Oklahoma. He is a United States Navy Veteran and a member of Hoods’ Texas Brigade SCV Camp #152, as well as the co-author of ‘Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory with Hood’s Texas Brigade,’ published by Fonthill Media.