Thomas L. Connelly was professor of history at the University of South Carolina and the author of, among other books, Army of the Heartland: The Army of Tennessee, 1861--1862, Autumn of Glory: The Army of Tennessee, 1862--1865, and The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society.
Barbara L. Bellows is the author of Benevolence among Slaveholders: Caring for the Poor in Charleston, 1760--1860 and A Talent for Living: Josephine Pinckney and the Charleston Literary Tradition.