About the Author

Robert Grandchamp was an eleventh-generation Rhode Islander and is now a first-generation Vermonter. He earned his MA in American history from Rhode Island College. Robert is the author of eight other books on American military history, including The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry, Colonel Edward Cross, Providence to Fort Hell and The Boys of Adams' Battery G, for which he was awarded the Order of Saint Barbara from the Rhode Island National Guard. In addition, he is a frequent book reviewer for Blue & Gray and Civil War News. A former National Park ranger, he is an analyst with the government and resides in Essex, Vermont.