MICHAEL CECERE received a BA at the University of Maine, Farmington, and an MA in history and an MA in political science from the University of Akron. He currently teaches history at Robert E. Lee High School, Fairfax County, Virginia, and at Northern Virginia Community College in Woodbridge. He was recognized by the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution as their 2005 Outstanding Teacher of the Year. He is the author of a number of books, including A Universal Appearance of War: The Revolutionary War in Virginia, 1775–1781.