mat is that rarest of phenomena in modern academics, a renaissance mai is that rarest of phenomena in modern academics, a renaissance man is that rarest of phenomena in m% professor of history at virginia tech where he founded and directed the virginia center for civil war studies. professor robertson had done nothing other than to write the definitive biography of t.j. jackson, stone wall jackson, the man, the soldier, the legend. his name would be enshrined among the greatest c or more accurately of all time. as it happens, he has written or edited over 20 books during a career that spans more than half a century, a body of work for which he has received every major award given in the field of civil war history. among his titles are such landmark studies as stonewall brigade and soldiers blue and gray. he not only has been a distinguished scholar, but a revered teacher, as well. his lecture course for undergraduates at virginia tech averaged an enrollment of about 300 students per semester and has been called the largest civil war history class in american higher education. robertson trained at emory under the late bill wily. it truly can be said, if you will pardon a slightly vernacular,