Author • Researcher • Speaker
Gabriel Neville (Short bio; Full CV) is the author of The Last Men Standing: The 8th Virginia Regiment in the American Revolution and numerous articles on Virginia, Pennsylvania, and the frontier in the Revolutionary era. His research has appeared in the Journal of the American Revolution, Emerging Revolutionary War Era, The American Battlefield Trust, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and county historical society journals. He is the creator of the Revolutionary Virginia and 8th Virginia Regiment websites. The Last Men Standing is scheduled for release on May 31, 2025.
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Speaking Schedule
Pittsburgh and the 8th Virginia Regiment
Fort Pitt Museum Revolutionary War Conference
Pittsburgh, Pa.
July 11, 2026
Holding Fast: Dissenting Christians in Anglican Virginia
2026 Historic Germanna Reunion & Conference
Culpeper, Va.
July 18, 2026
From Pulpit to Battlefield: Peter Muhlenberg and the 8th Virginia
Spotsylvania, Virginia
September 10, 2026
Southwest Virginia Heroes of Independence
Historical Society of Western Virginia
Roanoke, Va.
October 29, 2026
Maxwell's Light Infantry During the Paoli Massacre
Revolutionary War Roundtable of Valley Forge
January 19, 2027
The Virginia Line in 1777
Shenandoah Battlefields Revolutionary War Conference
February 20, 2027
The Virginia Line at Germantown
Fort Plain Museum Revolutionary War Conference
November 5-7, 2027