He graduated from Florida State University in 1974 with a degree in Criminology[2] and lives in Gettysburg.

[3] He wrote Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which are the prequel and sequel, respectively, to his father Michael's award-winning novel The Killer Angels.

"[6] He completed a trilogy in 2010 about World War II in the European and North African theaters.

Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction from the American Library Association in 2022 for The Eagle's Claw,[8] in 2018 for The Frozen Hours,[9] in 2005 for To The Last Man: A Novel of The First World War,[10] and in 1997 for Gods and Generals.

[16] In 2003, Warner Brothers made the major motion picture Gods and Generals, which was based on his book of the same title.