Carolyn Ivanoff is a retired high school administrator and educator.  She writes and speaks frequently on American history at local, state, and national venues. In 2003 Carolyn was named Civil War Trust's (now American Battlefield Trust) Teacher of the Year.  In 2010, 2011 and 2013 her education programs received Awards of Merit from the Connecticut League of History Organizations. In 2016 Carolyn was honored by the Connecticut Council of Social Studies with the Bruce Fraser Friend of the Social Studies Award. In 2018-19 Carolyn served as project coordinator for the 17th Connecticut Flagpole preservation and rededication project on Barlow’s Knoll at Gettysburg National Military Park. This project was honored with a 2019 Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of History Organizations for preservation.  Her book, We Fought at Gettysburg, scheduled for publication late spring of 2022, features first-hand accounts by the survivors of the 17th Connecticut Infantry and their experiences on the greatest battlefield of the American Civil War.