Rea Andrew Redd is a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania. He received a baccalaureate degree in history and English at Waynesburg University in 1970. He received a masters degree in history at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and a masters degree of library science from the University of Pittsburgh, 1993. His Pennsylvania certification for social studies education, grades 7-12 was earned from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1982. Currently he is the director of Eberly Library, Waynesburg University and serves as an instructor of American history there also. Since 1993 he has reenacted the American Civil War as a Federal infantryman, a Federal Medical Service captain, and as President Abraham Lincoln.
