Professor Emerita Pat McNeely taught writing and reporting in the University of South Carolina School of Journalism for 33 years. Before joining the faculty, she was a reporter and editor for The Greenville News, The State and The Columbia Record. She is the author of "Eyewitnesses of General Sherman's Atrocities in the Civil War." "Sherman's Flame and Blame Campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas ... and the burning of Columbia;" "Hand-written Recipes and Memories from America's First Families;" "Fighting Words: A Media History of South Carolina;" "Palmetto Press: A History of South Carolina Newspapers" and co-author of "Knights of the Quill: Confederate Correspondents and their Civil War Reporting."