C. James Gilbert has been a Civil War enthusiast for forty years. Aside from being an avid reader on the subject, he has made an extensive tour of Civil War battlefields all over Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. In the past, he has also been a collector of Civil War relics. C. James Gilbert was inspired to write this, his first novel, by a deep rooted aversion to the plight of the Afro-American race in the antebellum south and a passion for the Civil War.
A native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, C. James Gilbert now lives in Littlestown, Pennsylvania with his wife. He is employed as a residential electrician and enjoys spending time with his children and granddaughters.