Colin Edward Woodward was educated at Trinity College in Hartford and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, where he received his Ph.D. in 2005. He is the author of Marching Masters: Slavery, Race, and the Confederate Army during the Civil War, available through University of Virginia Press (2014). His latest book is Country Boy: The Roots of Johnny Cash (University of Arkansas Press, 2022).
Colin lives in Richmond, Virginia.