Eric J Wittenberg: 13 books
Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions
Farnsworths Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
An award-winning historical study of the important role played by Union and Confederate horse soldiers on the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg.
The Union army’s victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863, is widely considered to have been the turning point in America’s War between...
The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads
The Civil War's Last Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2006
The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, fought March 10, 1865, was one of most important but least known engagements of William T. Sherman's Carolinas Campaign. Confederate cavalry, led by Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, launched a savage surprise attack on the sleeping camp of Maj....
"The Devil's to Pay"
John Buford at Gettysburg: A History and Walking Tour
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2014
An award-winning Civil War historian’s profile of the brilliant Union cavalry officer and the strategies he employed to prevent catastrophe at Gettysburg.
The Battle of Gettysburg turned the tide of the Civil War. But the outcome of the decisive confrontation between North and South might...
At Custer's Side
Civil War Writing on James Harvey King
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
During the Civil War, James Harvey Kidd fought along side the General George Armstrong Custer as a member of the 6th Michigan Cavalry, the Wolverines. A student at the University of Michigan at the outbreak of the ear, Kidd enlisted in 1862 and was elected captain, commanding a company of Wolverines....
Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly
The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Ulric Dahlgren was a brilliant, ambitious young man who became the youngest full colonel in the United States Army at the age of twenty-one, yet died before his twenty-second birthday. This is the first biography of Dahlgren, and thankfully it was penned by cavalry expert and award-winning author...
by Eric J. Wittenberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2002
Unlike Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. William T. Sherman, whose controversial Civil War-era reputations persist today, Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan has been largely untouched by controversy. In Little Phil, historian Eric J. Wittenberg reassesses the war record of a man long considered one of the Union...
One Continuous Fight
The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4-14, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
The titanic three-day battle of Gettysburg left 50,000 casualties in its wake, a battered Southern army far from its base of supplies, and a rich historiographic legacy. Thousands of books and articles cover nearly every aspect of the battle, but not a single volume focuses on the military aspects...
The Second Battle of Winchester
The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia is pushing northward through the Shenandoah Valley toward Pennsylvania, and only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s Union division of the Eighth Army Corps, in the vicinity...
by Eric J. Wittenberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Just before dawn on June 9, 1863, Union soldiers materialized from a thick fog near the banks of Virginia's Rappahannock River to ambush sleeping Confederates. The ensuing struggle, which lasted throughout the day, was to be known as the Battle of Brandy Station--the largest cavalry battle ever fought...
Out Flew the Sabres
The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
One day. Fourteen hours. Twelve thousand Union cavalrymen against 9,000 of their Confederate counterparts—with three thousand Union infantry thrown in for good measure. Amidst the thunder of hooves and the clashing of sabers, they slugged it out across the hills and dales of Culpepper County, Virginia.
And...
by Eric J. Wittenberg
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
The Army of the Potomac's mounted units suffered early in the Civil War at the hands of the horsemen of the South. However, by 1863, the Federal cavalry had evolved into a fighting machine. Despite the numerous challenges occupying officers and politicians, as well as the harrowing existence of troopers...
Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg
The Battles for Brinkerhoffs Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2 -3, 1863
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Few aspects of the battle of Gettysburg are as misunderstood as the role played by the cavalry of both sides. Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg: The Battles for Brinkerhoffs Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2-3, 1863 by award-winning author Eric J. Wittenberg is the first and only book to examine...
Plenty Of Blame To Go Around Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride To Gettysburg
Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2006
June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is in its opening hours. Harness jingles and hoofs pound as Confederate cavalryman James Ewell Brown (JEB) Stuart leads his three brigades of veteran troopers on a ride that triggers one of the Civil War's most bitter and enduring controversies. Instead of finding...