He also served on the national oversight board for the Institute of Museum and Library Services Over the years, Greene has made ten appearances on C-SPAN.

[3][5] Greene attended Florida State University where he graduated in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American history.

Over the years, he has become a frequent lecturer and tour leader for the Smithsonian, the Blue and Gray Education Society, and other groups.

[3][11] In 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Greene to the oversight board for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

[4][13] As a well-known historian, Greene has been invited to lecture and participate in panel discussions on the C-SPAN television network.

On C-SPAN, Greene has lectured on American Civil War campaigns and battles as well as individual military leaders who served in that conflict.

In addition, Greene has hosted C-SPAN lectures and panel discussions covering various Civil War topics.

His column celebrated the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War and highlighted the military actions that took place during the siege of Petersburg in 1864.

[16] Later that year, Greene's book Whatever You Resolve to Be: Essays on Stonewall Jackson (ISBN 9781572334304) was published by University of Tennessee Press.

A year later, Da Capo Press published Greene's book Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion: The Final Days of the Petersburg Campaign (ISBN 9781882810482).

The Laney book award recognizes distinguished scholarship and writing on military or political aspects of the American Civil War.

Those books are under contract to be published by the University of North Carolina Press as part of their American Civil War series.

[4][11] The A. Wilson Greene Scholarship Fund is an educational program that helps schools and other groups have access to Civil War battlefields and historical parks.