As a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast, Paul Brueske became fascinated with studying the Civil War history of northwest Florida and south Alabama. He is the President and founder of the Mobile Area Civil War Round Table and regularly gives talks on Gulf Coast-related Civil War topics. He is currently the Head Track & Field Coach at the University of South Alabama. Brueske is also a member of the Friends of Historic Blakeley State Park, and Friends of the History Museum of Mobile. He is also the author of The Last Siege: The Mobile Campaign, Alabama 1865 (2018).