James B. Jones Jr. is the public historian on the staff of the Tennessee Historical Commission/State Historic Preservation Office in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of Hidde...view moreJames B. Jones Jr. is the public historian on the staff of the Tennessee Historical Commission/State Historic Preservation Office in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of Hidden History of Civil War Tennessee (The History Press, 2013). He studied at the University of Mississippi, earning a BA and MA in history, and at Middle Tennessee State University where he took a DA in historic preservation and history. He lives with his wife, Cynthia, in Murfreesboro.view less