About the Author

Peter Cozzens is an independent scholar and Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Department of State. He is author or editor of nine highly acclaimed Civil War books, including The Darkest Days of the War: The Battles of Iuka and Corinth (from the University of North Carolina Press).

Reviews

"The Darkest Days of the War will surely be the definitive work on these sadly overlooked but interesting and significant campaigns." - Earl J. Hess, Civil War History "Brings to startling life the vicious fights at these two important north Mississippi towns." - The Orlando Sentinel"