Ed Ayers is an American historian, professor, administrator, and ninth president of the University of Richmond, serving from 2007 to 2015. Ayers is also one of three co-hosts of the nationally syndicated public radio program "BackStory with The American History Guys." oversaw the
Valley of the Shadow project, which provides users with letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts of life in two communities, one Southern and one Northern, during the Civil War.
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