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Dennis M. Keesee, is a life long resident of the Buckeye State, and owns perhaps the most extensive Union boy-soldier photography and memorabilia collection in the United States. More than 100 images from his collection are among the 213 illustrating his book Too Young To Die: Boy Soldiers of the Union Army 1861-1865, published by Blue Acorn Press of Huntington, West Virginia. Images and manuscript material in the Keesee collection have been showcased in a number of books including Wee Warriors and Playtime Patriots for which Keesee wrote the introduction. He has written numerous articles for several historical publications and is well respected in the field.
Dennis M. Keesee lives in New Albany, Ohio with wife Teresa and children: Corey, Rachel and Megan. He is a restaurateur employed in the family business.
Starting
soon after Too Young To Die's 2001 publication, Keesee has been in great
demand as a speaker. His lively presentations have been well received
at a variety of venues, including:
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Ohio
Historical Society's 2001 Veterans Day, Columbus, Ohio
- Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Greystone's
History Books 2001 and 2003, Gettysburg Pennsylvania
- National
Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Chickamauga
National Military Park, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
- Joshua
Chamberlain Civil War Round Table, Brunswick, Maine
- American
Veterans that Enlisted Underage 2002 Reunion, Peoria, Illinois
- Conference
on local history, Bowling Green State University
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Otterbein
College honors history students workshop, Westerville, Ohio
- Public
Libraries include: Columbus Metropolitan, Newark Public- two presentations,
Clark County Public-two presentations, Knox County, and Westerville Public
to list a few
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