Stephen Davis has lived in Atlanta, Georgia, most of his life, earning degrees from Emory University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His book, Atlanta Will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston, and the Yankee Heavy Battalions (2001) helped establish his reputation as one of the leading scholars of the Atlanta Campaign. He served as book review editor for Blue & Gray Magazine for more than two decades, and currently serves as book review editor for Civil War News.