Larry Aaron is an associate editor of Evince newsmagazine and a local historian from Danville, Virginia. He has received first-place awards from the Virginia Press Association and is the author of eight books, including The Wreck of the Old 97" and "Pittsylvania County: A Brief History."Stuart Butler is a retired assistant branch chief of the Old Military and Civil Branch, National Archives and Records Administration. Butler is the foremost expert on Virginia in the War of 1812, having recently written the first book on the state's role in the war, "Defending the Old Dominion in the War of 181...