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Col. Harold B. Simpson
Colonel Harold B. Simpson (April 3, 1917 - May 31, 1989) was a U.S. Air Force officer and historian. Born in Hindsboro, Illinois, to Harry Leon and Louise (Brown) Simpson, he graduated from the Uni...view moreColonel Harold B. Simpson (April 3, 1917 - May 31, 1989) was a U.S. Air Force officer and historian. Born in Hindsboro, Illinois, to Harry Leon and Louise (Brown) Simpson, he graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor’s degree (1940) and Master’s degree (1950) in the fields of Management and Political Science. He received his Ph.D. from the Texas Christian University in 1969. Commissioned originally a second lieutenant in the Horse Cavalry in 1940, he transferred to the Air Force (then known as the Army Air Corps) in 1941 and served in the Southwest Pacific Theatre during World War II with the Fifth Air Force.
After the war he remained with the Air Force and rose to the rank of colonel in 1954, graduating from the Air Tactical School, Air Command and Staff School, Armed Forces Staff College and the Air War College. In 1959 he was assigned to be Comptroller for Headquarters, Twelfth Air Force, Waco, Texas and served in that position until his retirement in 1963.
Col. Simpson was instrumental in establishing Civil War Round Tables in Wiesbaden, Germany; Montgomery, Alabama; and Waco, Texas. He served as President of the Wiesbaden and Montgomery groups and President of the Civil War Round Table of Waco.
A student of the Civil War for many years, he wrote several monographs and lectured on the subject in both in the United States and in Europe. He also authored of the definitive history of Hood’s Texas Brigade, which was published in four volumes between 1968 and 1977.
Col. Simpson passed away in Hillsboro, Texas in 1989, aged 72.view less
Books by Col. Harold B. Simpson
Brawling Brass, North and South: The Most Famous Quarrels of the Civil War