Timothy B. Smith teaches history at the University of Tennessee at Martin. His many books on the Civil War include Early Struggles for Vicksburg: The Mississippi Central Campaign and Chickasaw Bayou, October 25?December 31, 1862; Bayou Battles for Vicksburg: The Swamp and River Expeditions, January 1-April 30, 1863; The Union Assaults at Vicksburg: Grant Attacks Pemberton, May 17?22, 1863; and The Siege of Vicksburg: Climax of the Campaign to Open the Mississippi River, May 23?July 4, 1863, all published by Kansas.