While teaching military history at West Point he wrote and published The Civil War Dictionary in 1959.
Mark Mayo Boatner III went to the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in the June 1943 class.
[2] He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Croix de Guerre for his war service.
[6] While an assistant professor of military history at West Point, he researched and wrote The Civil War Dictionary, which was published in 1959.
[10] During his career, he earned a master's degree in international affairs from the US Army War College and George Washington University.