About the Author

James Alex Baggett is the author of two previous books, A History of Jackson Clinic and So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: Union University, 1823-2000. A retired dean and professor of history of Union University, he lives in Atlanta.

Reviews

"Baggett has attempted to rescue the most vilified group of southerners from the inaccuracles and generalizations of history. He has succeeded." "[Baggett's] work will undoubtedly help to reshape the historiography of southern loyalists during the Civil War and Reconstruction and is essential reading for scholars of that troublesome era of our history." - Civil War Book Review "This is a well-written and engaging book, containing in brief the lives of many people of whom we ought to know more." - Virginia Quarterly Review"