he's going to introduce mr mr. dobak. >> i'd like to echo what lopez said and welcome you to the national archives and records administration. we have a very special speaker today, dr. william a. dobak, zug discussing his newest work, colored troops from 1862 to 1867. he received his phd from the university of kansas in american studies in 1995. his published zertation ft. riley and its neighbors military money and military growth 1853 to 1895 won the ode ward a. tee han award in 1999. willie worked at the national archives beginning in the mid-90s and began working on his next study called "the black regulars" 1866 to 1898. this book was published in 2001. in 2003 the superb work received the western history association's robert m. utley award as the finest book on the military history of the north american western frontier. in 2002, willie joined the staff at the u.s. army center of military history and in 2003 he began research on "freedom by the sword." i'd like to introduce dr. dobak by noting that all of his milita

michael knight, who is archive specialist here and he is going to actually introduce mr. dobak. >> i'd like to echo what lopez said and welcome you into the national archives, records administration. we have a very special speaker today, dr. william a.dobak, who will discuss his newest work. dr. dobak received his ph.d. from university of kansas in american studies in 1985. his published dissertation, ft. riley and neighbors, military money and economic growth 1853 to 1895 won the edward teahen award in 1995. he worked at national archives beginning in mid-'90s and while here he began working on his next study with co-author thomas t. phillips "black regulars: 1866 to 1899." this was published in 2001. in 2003 the work received the western history association's robert mnc. utley award as the finest book on revolutionary war. in 2002 he joined the staff of the u.s. army center of military history and in 2003 he began research on freedom by the sword. so, like to to introduce dr. dobak by noting that all of his military studies have drawn extensively on the records housed here at