John C. (John Calvin) Reed

Born in 1836 and active as a Georgia lawyer, John C. Reed wrote across both legal and historical subjects. Library and catalog records connect him with works including A Handbook of Georgia Criminal Law and Procedure, American Law Studies, Conduct of Lawsuits, The Old and New South, The New Plutocracy, and The Brothers' War.

His career seems to have combined legal practice with public argument. The surviving records also identify him as a Confederate veteran, which helps explain why his later writing on the Civil War and the South is so forceful and personal in tone.

Today, Reed is chiefly remembered through those books: practical guides for lawyers and students, alongside broader commentary on politics, economics, and sectional conflict in the United States. A widely available portrait could not be confirmed from the sources I checked.