About the Author

RICHARD M. COFFMAN graduated from the Ohio State University and the University of South Carolina. He was a career Air Force officer serving in Europe and Vietnam and was awarded the Bronze Star and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. KURT D. GRAHAM retired from IBM in 1996 and lives in historic Vinings, Georgia, with his wife, Mary, and sons Griff and Jack. His lifelong love affair with American history was fueled by a father and grandfather who ""had dragged him across every Civil War battlefield by the time he was ten."" Kurt is an enthusiastic supporter of battlefield preservation and a collector of military art and books.