Hawkins' Tories details the history of a southern Unionist regiment during the Civil War. It examines the decision to support the Union with biographical sketches of the officers, photographs of the soldiers, and a regimental roster.
Peggy Scott Holley has a BA in History from Lipscomb University and an MA in American History from Boston University. She is retired from teaching American History at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. The winner of a National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) College Teaching Excellence Award, she has also received the West Tennessee Historical Society's Marshall Wingfield Award for her article, "The Seventh Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry: West Tennessee Unionists in Andersonville Prison."