Battlefields of Nebraska
A native Nebraskan, Tom Phillips developed an early fascination for the state s history while growing up on a farm near Lincoln. Soon after graduating from high school, he began a thirty-six-year military career, rising from enlisted recruit to colonel. After retiring from the military, Tom worked as an administrator at the University of Nebraska and as a freelance writer. Tom and his wife Nita currently live in Lincoln, Nebraska where he writes about military and American history and baseball.