Peter Cozzens is the author of several books on the Civil War and Western history, including The Civil War in the West and No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. He has written numerous articles, and edited or co-edited several other books, including The Military Memoirs of General John Pope. Robert I. Girardi is a Chicago police detective, Civil War historian, and president of the Chicago Civil War Round Table. The two previously collaborated on The Military Memoirs of General John Pope.