Austin Civil War Roundtable

Brandi Oswald is the Co-Chair of the Friends and Descendants of Johnson’s Island Civil War Prison (FDJI), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Johnson’s Island Civil War Prison and promoting the site’s educational, research, and interpretive uses. Her involvement with Johnson’s Island began while an undergraduate archaeology student at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, and has continued for over 10 years. She has been the Co-Chair of FDJI since 2022 and has served on the Board of Trustees of FDJI since 2018. Brandi holds a Bachelor's Degree in History and Anthropology from Heidelberg University and a Master's Degree in Public History from West Virginia University. She works as the supervisory archivist of Cartographic Section at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland She has previously interned and worked for the National Park Service at Gettysburg NMP, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, Vicksburg NMP, Richmond NB, and Martin Van Buren NHS.