Neil P. Chatelain

Neil P. Chatelain is a professor, historian, teacher, and author who specializes in researching, writing about, and speaking on naval operations of the U.S. Civil War.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Neil spent nine years as a U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer, both on active duty and in the Navy Reserve. Neil is a graduate of the University of New Orleans, the University of Houston, and the University of Louisiana-Monroe. Neil is an associate professor of history at Lone Star College-North Harris, in the greater-Houston area. He has authored Treasure and Empire in the Civil War: The Panama Route, the West and the Campaigns to Control America's Mineral Wealth, Defending the Arteries of Rebellion: Confederate Naval Operations in the Mississippi River Valley, 1861-1865 and Fought Like Devils: The Confederate Gunboat McRae.