Brayton Harris is a retired navy captain, and the author of numerous books, including "Blue & Gray in Black & White: Newspapers in the Civil War" and "The Navy Times Book of Submarines: A Political, Social, and Military History". He has been a guest on the "Today" show. His articles have appeared in the "Saturday Review", "Civil War", and "Proceedings" of the U.S. Naval Institute, among others. He lives in Mission Hills, Kansas.