Christopher T. George is the editor of the Journal of the War of 1812 and the Era 1800 to 1840, published by the War of 1812 Consortium, and an editorial associate of the Maryland Historical Magazine. Born in Liverpool, England, in 1948, he has long been interested in the War of 1812, and has visited Rostrevor, Northern Ireland, home village of Britain's General Robert Ross, killed at North Point in the unsuccessful British attack on Baltimore. He recently became a United States citizen and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.