Stephen Ward Sears, who has owned a home in Norwalk, turns 82 on Sunday. The historian was born July 27, 1932.
A graduate of Lakewood High School and Oberlin College, Sears attended a journalism seminar at Radcliffe-Harvard. As an author he has concentrated on the military history of Civil War, primarily the battles and leaders of the Army of the Potomac.
He was employed as editor of the Educational Department at the American Heritage Publishing Company.
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