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'''John F. Marszalek''' is an American historian who served as Executive Director and Managing Editor of the [[Ulysses S. Grant]] Association and ''The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant'' project from 2008- to 2022.

After [[John Y. Simon]]'s death in July 2008, Marszalek became the Executive Director and Managing Editor of the [[Ulysses S. Grant]] Association and ''The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant'' project.<ref name=":0" /> He was instrumental in the move of Grant's papers from [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]] to [[Mississippi State University]]. With Anne Marshall's appointment as his replacement in 2022, Marszalek was named Executive Director Emeritus of the Ulysses S. Grant Association.<ref>[https://www.usgrantlibrary.org/about/staff/john-f-marszalek Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-01-28 |title=MSU’sMSU's Marshall named executive director of Ulysses S. Grant Association, Presidential Library |url=http://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2022/01/msus-marshall-named-executive-director-ulysses-s-grant-association |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Mississippi State University |language=en}}</ref>

Over the course of his career, Marszalek has published more than 300 articles and book reviews and written or edited 13 books.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=John F. Marszalek|url=https://www.history.msstate.edu/people/john-f-marszalek/|url-status=live|website=Mississippi State University, History Department, Emeritus Faculty|date=8 December 2021 }}</ref> His research has primarily focused on the [[American Civil War]], specifically Civil War generals [[Ulysses S. Grant]], [[William Tecumseh Sherman|William T. Sherman]], and [[Henry Halleck]], but he has also written on local Mississippi history, the history of racial conflict at [[United States Military Academy|West Point]], and the [[Petticoat affair|Eaton affair]].

Marszalek's book ''Sherman: A Soldier’sSoldier's Passion for Order'' was a finalist for the 1993 [[Lincoln Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Previous winners of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize - Gettysburg.edu |url=https://www.gettysburg.edu/lincoln-prize/previous-winners/ |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=www.gettysburg.edu}}</ref>

The [[Mississippi Historical Society]] awarded Marszalek the [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]] Literary Award for lifetime achievement by a Mississippi author and the B.L.C. Wailes Award for national distinction in history, the society’ssociety's highest award.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Debating William Tecumseh Sherman: A Conversation with John Marszalek - Gettysburg College |url=https://www.gettysburg.edu/civil-war-institute/news/detail?id=a60e5e45-9ea9-4951-a969-e587c22814e4&pageTitle=Debating+William+Tecumseh+Sherman:+A+Conversation+with+John+Marszalek |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=www.gettysburg.edu}}</ref>

* ''[[William Tecumseh Sherman|Sherman]]’s's Other War: The General and the Civil War Press''. Memphis State University Press, 1981.

* (By Douglas L. Conner, M.D., with John Marszalek) ''A Black Physician’sPhysician's Story: Bringing Hope in Mississippi''. Foreword by [[Aaron Henry (politician)|Aaron Henry]]. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1985.

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