James Tyrus Seidule (born 1962)[citation needed] is a retired United States Army brigadier general, the former head of the history department at the United States Military Academy,[1] the first professor emeritus of history at West Point, and the inaugural Joshua Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College.

[citation needed] He was raised just blocks away from the home of Confederate States Army commander Robert E. Lee, a fact that would later play a prominent role in his academic career.

[8] While still teaching at the military academy, Seidule continued to work on his doctoral degree in Ohio State graduate program under the direction of professor Allan R.

[9] Upon completion of the college ROTC program at Washington and Lee University in 1984,[10] Seidule became an officer in the United States Army.

[11] His commands include a cavalry unit in the 82nd Airborne Division during the Gulf War, as well as 3rd Battalion, 81st Armor Regiment.