Gilbert R. Tredway
| Gilbert Riley Tredway | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 11, 1922 Dubois County, Indiana |
| Residence |
 Jasper, Dubois CountyIndiana |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Occupation |
Historian Retired professor at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary A. Tredway (died 1978) |
| Children |
Patricia T. Stomps George Rodney Tredway |
| Parent(s) | George R. and Pearl C. Tredway |
Patricia T. Stomps
Gilbert Riley Tredway (born October 11, 1922) is a retired historian from Indiana and Kentucky, who has authored two books relating to the American Civil War.
Tredway was born in Dubois County in southern Indiana to George Riley Tredway (1883–1958) and Pearl C. Tredway (1886–1979) and reared there in Cuzco. He served in the United States Army in World War II, having been stationed first in the Panama Canal Zone and Ecuador before he volunteered for action in the Pacific theatre. An aircraft gunner on a B-17, Tredway was wounded while protecting a convoy in New Guinea and received the Purple Heart. After the war, he received all three of his degrees from Indiana University in Bloomington. Thereafter he taught for a total of eight years at Mitchell High School in Mitchell in Lawrence County, also in southern Indiana, and in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tredway taught history and geography at Baptist-affiliated Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky, when it was still known as Campbellsville College. His colleagues included Bobby Russell Himes (1931–2008) and William Edward Bennett (1943–2006) in history and political science, respectively. He was on the faculty of Campbellsville College from 1959 to 1963, when he accepted a position at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. He returned to Campbellsville in 1966, where he remained until his retirement in the spring of 1984.
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