• W. Ralph Eubanks– Editor, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Charlottesville, VA
• William R. Ferris– Joel Williamson Eminent Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• Robert Luckett– Assistant Professor, Department of History, Jackson State University/Director, Margaret Walker Center, Jackson, MS
• Marcie Ferris– Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• David Slay– Park Ranger, Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, MS