Frederick C. Schneid is Herman and Louise Smith Professor of History at High Point University. He teaches European history (1600-1945) as well as general military history. Schneid has published several books on military history, including: European Armies of the French Revolution, The Second War of Italian Unification, 1859-1861, and Napoleon’s Conquest of Europe: The War of the Third Coalition. Previously, Schneid served as the Charles Boal Ewing Chair in Military History at West Point for the 2023-2024 academic year. Dr. Schneid appeared in five episodes of the Napoleonic Quarterly, a History podcast available on Apple Podcasts, and three episodes of a YouTube series, The Solferino Project.
Dr. Schneid generosity shared his experiments in teaching military history with us in his article “Historical Gaming and Extracurricular Learning.”