Tyler Alexander is an educator in Vermont who teaches American history and government. He is a former James Madison Fellow and studied forestry, history, and education at the University of Maine and the University of Vermont. One of Alexander’s ancestors served alongside Dan Mason in Company D of the Sixth Vermont. His new book If I Can Get Home This Fall: A Story of Love, Loss, and a Cause in the Civil War (Potomac Books, 2025) was published in September. At Lee’s Mills: “We crossed the stream amid a shower of leaden hail, part of the time in the water nearly … Continue reading From the Desk of Tyler Alexander: If I Can Get Home This Fall