Awards and Recognition

Dr. Joiner has received the following awards and recognition:

Preservationist of the Year Award, Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation, 2010
Albert Castel Award, Kalamazoo Civil War Round Table, for One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End, 2004
A. M. Pate, Jr. Award, Fort Worth Civil War Round Table, for One Damn Blunder fron Beginning to End 2005
A.M. Pate Distinguished Service Award, Fort Worth Civil War Round Table, for Civil War History by the Fort Worth Civil War Round Table, 2009
Lifetime Achievement Award and Life Membership, Red River Civil War Roundtable, Alexandria, Louisiana, 2008.
Charles L. “Pie” Dufour Award, New Orleans Civil War Round Table, for Preservation and Scholarly Contributions in the field of History, 2008
Aaron and Peggy Selber Writing Competition Prize, “The Justification of Shreveport as the Primary Target of the Red River Campaign in 1864,” 2003.
American Studies Center Fellowship (LSU in Shreveport,) Integrating Geography with the American Studies Center program, 2003-2004
Book of the Month Club featured alternate, History Book Club Main Selection, Military Book featured alternate, Shiloh and Western Campaign of 1862, 2007
Meritorius Service Medal, Sons of confederate Veterans, 2007
Distinguished Service Medal, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 2005

Award Nominations:

Jefferson Davis Award nomination, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2006
Silver Spur Award nomination, Western Writers of America, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007
Army Historical Foundation finalist, Distinguished Writing Award, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007
Douglas Southall Freeman Award nomination, MOS & B, Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864, 2007