• Joe BilbyNeighbor

  • Wall, NJ

Joseph G. Bilby received his BA and MA degrees in history from Seton Hall University and served as a lieutenant in the First Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1966-1967. Mr. Bilby is retired from his position as Supervising Investigator at the New Jersey Department of Labor and currently part time Assistant Curator of the New Jersey National Guard and Militia Museum in Sea Girt, New Jersey and a free lance writer and historical consultant. He is the author, editor or co-author of seventeen books and over 400 articles on New Jersey history and folklore and military history in both Internet and print venues, has lectured widely on those subjects, and is a columnist for The Civil War News. He is publications editor for the New Jersey Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee and editor of and contributor to the award winning New Jersey Goes to War, a book on 150 of the state’s Civil War era personalities and Freedom to All, the story of New Jersey’s African-American Civil War soldiers. His most recent book, with James M. Madden and Harry Ziegler, is 350 Years of New Jersey History: From Stuyvesant to Sandy. Mr. Bilby has been awarded the Jane Clayton award for contributions to Monmouth County (NJ) history and has received an Award of Merit from the New Jersey Historical Commission for his contributions to the state’s military history.

Posting Activity

Joe Bilby currently has no active events