Madeline Feierstein is a historian of American history based in Alexandria, Virginia who specializes in the history of hospitals, prisons, and wartime America. Madeline is Emerging Civil War's Education Department Manager, as well as its Social Media Team member. Additionally, she has written for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Civil War Monitor, and Emerging Revolutionary War. Madeline has spearheaded significant projects documenting the soldiers who were treated and fell in Alexandria’s wartime hospitals. She serves on the Research Team for the Letchworth Village Preservation Project and provides genealogy research for the American Battlefield Trust.

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Rooted in Place, LLC was founded by Madeline Feierstein to provide genealogy & historical research, career planning, K-12 learning support, public history initiatives, and guided tours for everyone in the Washington, D.C. area. Rooted in Place also advocates for historic preservation through campaigns and social media, believing every building is a piece of American history that we can learn from. ​

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Originally from Washington D.C., Madeline earned her Bachelor of Science in Criminology from George Mason University. She has received her Master of Arts in American History from Southern New Hampshire University. She is the author of Occupied Alexandria: How the Civil War Transformed a Southern City (The History Press, 2026) and is currently working on a second manuscript.