Mark Bradley is a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, DC. He received his B.A. in History from North Carolina State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His publications include Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville; This Astounding Close: The Road to Bennett Place; and Bluecoats and Tar Heels: Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.