John William De Forest (1826 - 1906) was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty. In this book: The brigade commander, (1884) Overland (1871) Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty (1867) The hungry heart, (1872) The brigage commander, (1885)