Joseph M. Boslet is a retired registered professional engineer and certified safety professional who worked in safety and risk management for 35 years in the insurance industry. He is a graduate of Penn State University and has held numerous certifications and designations in associated courses, in addition to teaching and writing on a variety of related subjects. His is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, a lifelong student of the Civil War, and past president/board member of several Civil War Round Tables in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area. His wife, two grown sons, and grandchildren have tramped most of the eastern battlefields together. He has published several articles on Civil War topics, including in Gettysburg Magazine. This is his first book.