James Sturdivant lives in Birmingham, Alabama where he is a practicing government investigations and white collar defense attorney. He has four wonderful sons, a terrific daughter-in-law, one precocious granddaughter, and a sweet and lovely wife. He has two cats. Jim is a former federal prosecutor and an Army veteran. He has been fascinated by the Fort Mims battle since learning about it in Alabama history classes in the 7th grade. This is his first book.