Richter, William L.

William L. Richter received his Ph.D. at Louisiana State University. After teaching at a four-year college in Oklahoma, he went back to his Arizona home and opened his own business as a professional farrier for thirty years. He has published eleven books and over two dozen historical articles, including The Historical Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction; The Last Confederate Heroes: The Final Struggle for Southern Independence & the Lincoln Assassination; and Sic Semper Tyrannis: Why John Wilkes Booth Shot Abraham Lincoln.