Emily Lapisardi is the editor of “Rose Greenhow’s My Imprisonment: An Annotated Edition,” which debuted as the highest-ranking new release in Amazon.com’s U. S. Civil War Women’s History category in May 2021.  She has presented first-person portrayals of historical figures in fourteen states and the District of Columbia.  Emily is currently Director of Musical Activities for the Catholic Chapel of the United States Military Academy (West Point, NY), where she directs the West Point Catholic Chapel Choir for services at the Academy and touring appearances including the nationally-televised funeral liturgies of medal of honor recipient Chaplain Emil Kapaun.  She has portrayed Civil War spy and diplomat Rose Greenhow at a range of venues including the International Spy Museum, Manassas Museum System, Manassas National Battlefield Park, the Lomas Center (Gettysburg, PA), Petersburg National Battlefield Park, book launch events with author Ann Blackman for her 2005 biography “Wild Rose: Civil War Spy,” and for numerous historical societies, reenactments, and round tables.  Recent and upcoming speaking engagements include the Dan Sickles Civil War Round Table, Cape Fear Civil War Round Table, C. S. S. Neuse Interpretive Center, Seward House Museum, the Company of Military Historians General Meeting, the 1860s Civilian Celebration (Capon Springs, WV), and the Civil War Lecture series at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall.  She was recently appointed to the board of the Society for Women and the Civil War and will present her portrayal of Greenhow at their 2022 conference in Harrisonburg, VA.