Lawrence Lee Hewitt is professor of history emeritus at Southeastern Louisiana University. He is the author of Port Hudson: The Most Significant Battlefield Photographs of the Civil War and co-editor of ten anthologies dealing with America's Civil War.

Thomas E. Schott worked as a historian for the Department of Defense. He is the author of Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia: A Biography, winner of the Jefferson Davis Award, and co-editor with Lawrence Hewitt of Lee and His Generals: Essays in Honor of T. Harry Williams.

Marc Kunis is a certified public accountant and the director of accounting at Resolution Productions. He is also past president of the Chicago Civil War Round Table and a Civil War podcaster.