Born in New Mexico and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, David Coffey holds a Ph.D. from Texas Christian University (TCU). He is professor of history and chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at the University of Tennessee at Martin, where he offers classes in US, military, and Latin American history. His books include John Bell Hood and the Struggle for Atlanta, Historic Abilene: An Illustrated History, Soldier Princess: The Life and Legend of Agnes Salm-Salm in North America, 1861-1867, and Sheridan’s Lieutenants: Phil Sheridan, His Generals, and the Final Year of the Civil War. He has contributed to ten major historical reference works and is an assistant editor of three award-winning, three-volume projects: the Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, the Encyclopedia of American Military History, and the Encyclopedia of the North American Indian Wars, 1607-1890. He served as assistant editor of and contributed more than forty entries to six-volume Encyclopedia of the Civil War, published by ABC-CLIO. Additionally, Coffey has chapters published in critically acclaimed anthologies of Civil War, Texas, and Mexican history. His most recent work is In Harm’s Way: A History of the American Military Experience, a textbook co-written with Gene Allen Smith and Kyle Longley and published by Oxford University Press. Coffey is 2012 recipient of UT Martin’s prestigious Cunningham Outstanding Teacher-Scholar Award.