MICHAEL CECERE is a retired teacher who resides in Williamsburg, Virginia, with his wife. He earned his BA in History from the University of Maine at Farmington and two MA degrees in History and Political Science from the University of Akron, in Ohio. He is author of twenty-five books on the American Revolution, including the companion volumes March to Independence: The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies, 1775-1776 and Spark of Independence: The American Revolution in the Northern Colonies, 1775-1776, and nearly as many articles for the Journal of the American Revolution. He volunteers and works part-time at Colonial Williamsburg and is an active Revolutionary War reenactor with the 7th Virginia Regiment.