John F. Schmutz is a veteran of the US Army and holds degrees from Canisius College, the University of Notre Dame Law School, and George Washington Law School. His books include The Battle of the Crater: A Complete History, two volumes on “The Bloody Fifth,” The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hood’s Texas Brigade Army of Northern Virginia, and The “Immortal Six Hundred” and the Failure of the Civil War POW Exchange Process. A native of Oneida, New York, he currently lives with his wife in San Antonio, Texas.