Twilight of the Confederacy

Written by Terry Barkley

Terry Barkley is a retired professional librarian, archivist, and Harvard-trained museum curator, and a former history teacher. He is the author or co-author of seven historical books.

A former doctoral student in history at the University of Alabama, Terry completed the M.L.S. degree in archives and special collections there in 1987. He served as a graduate assistant and intern in the William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library at Alabama. Terry was MMI Foundation Archivist at Marion Military Institute in Marion, Alabama, from 2007-2010. MMI was founded by James T. Murfee, the commandant of cadets of the Alabama Corps of Cadets during the Civil War.

Terry is an independent scholar who lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.