Eric J. Wittenberg

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  • Powell, David A. and Eric J. Wittenberg. Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23–July 4, 1863. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2020. ISBN   978-1-61121-504-5.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. At Custer's Side: The Civil War Writings of James Harvey Kidd. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2001. ISBN   978-0-87338-687-6.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. The Battle of Brandy Station: North America's Largest Cavalry Battle. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010. ISBN   978-1-59629-782-1.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads and the Civil War's Final Campaign. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2006. ISBN   978-1-932714-17-3.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. The Battle of White Sulphur Springs: Averell Fails to Secure West Virginia. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011. ISBN   978-1-60949-005-8.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. The Devil's to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg: A History and Walking Tour. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2014, 2015, 2018. ISBN   978-1-61121-444-4.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Five or Ten Minutes of Blind Confusion: The Battle of Aiken, South Carolina, February 11, 1865. Burlington, NC: Fox Run Publishing, 2018. ISBN   978-1-945602-07-8.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions: Farnsworth's Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863, revised and expanded edition. New York: Savas Beatie LLC, 2011. ISBN   978-1-61121-070-5.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Glory Enough For All: Sheridan's Second Raid and the Battle of Trevilian Station. Washington, DC: Brassey's, Inc., 2001. ISBN   978-1-57488-468-5.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2018. ISBN   978-1-61121-430-7.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly: The short but controversial life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren. Roseville, MN: Edinborough Press, 2009. ISBN   978-1-889020-33-4.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Little Phil: A Reassessment of the Civil War Leadership of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2002. ISBN   978-1-57488-385-5.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. One of Custer's Wolverines: The Civil War Letters of Brevet Brigadier General James H. Kidd, 6th Michigan Cavalry. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000. ISBN   978-0-87338-670-8.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg: The Battles for Brinkerhoff's Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2–3, 1863. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2013. Originally published as Protecting the Flanks: The Battles for Brinkerhoff's Ridge and East Cavalry Field, Battle of Gettysburg, July 2–3, 1863. Ironclad Publishing, 2002. ISBN   978-1-61121-094-1.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Rush's Lancers: The Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry in the Civil War. Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2007. ISBN   978-1-59416-032-5.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J., Edmund A. Sargus Jr. and Penny Barrick. Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2020. ISBN   978-1-61121-506-9.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. and Scott Mingus, Sr. The Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2016. ISBN   978-1-61121-288-4. [10]
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. The Union Cavalry Comes of Age: Hartwood Church to Brandy Station, 1863. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books, Inc., 2003, 2017. ISBN   978-1-57488-650-4.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. Under Custer's Command: The Civil War Journal of James Henry Avery (Memories of War). Washington, DC: Brassey's, 2000. ISBN   978-1-57488-276-6.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. We Have It Damn Hard Out Here": The Civil War Letters of Sergeant Thomas W. Smith, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry . Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1999. ISBN   978-0-87338-623-4.
  • Wittenburg, Eric J. We Ride a Whirlwind: Sherman and Johnston at Bennett Place. Burlington, NC: Fox Run Publishing, LLC, 2017. ISBN   978-1-945602-03-0.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. With Sheridan in the Final Campaign Against Lee. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. ISBN   978-0-8071-2756-8.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J., and Daniel T. Davis. Out Flew the Sabers: The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2016. ISBN   978-1-61121-256-3.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J., and J. David Petruzzi. Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg. New York: Savas Beatie, 2006. ISBN   978-1-932714-20-3.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J., J. David Petruzzi, and Michael F. Nugent. One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4–14, 1863. New York: Savas Beatie, 2008. ISBN   978-1-932714-43-2.
  • Wittenberg, Eric J. '"We Ride a Whirlwind": Sherman and Johnston at Bennett Place', Burlington, NC: Fox Run Publishing, 2017. ISBN   978-1-94560-202-3.

    • Wittenberg is the co-author with Michael Aubrecht of YOU STINK! Major League Baseball's Terrible Teams and Pathetic Players. Kent, OH: Black Squirrel Books, 2012. ISBN   978-1-60635-138-3. [11]

    Wittenberg has a blog devoted to the Civil War, "Rantings of a Civil War Historian." [12]

    His published works have focused on the Civil War cavalryman and the cavalry battles of the Civil War, especially on the Army of the Potomac’s Cavalry Corps. [13] His first book, Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions, won the Robert E. Lee Civil War Roundtable of Central New Jersey's Bachelder-Coddington Award as the best new work addressing the Battle of Gettysburg in 1998. The second edition won the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award, for Reprint, 2011. [14] His book The Devil's to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg won the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable's 2015 Book Award. [1]

    Death

    After a two year battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Eric died on August 2, 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. He is survived by his wife Susan Wittenberg. [15]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Eric J. Wittenberg web site. Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    2. ↑ Wittenberg Law Group areas of practice. Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    3. ↑ Civil War Trust bio for June 2016 annual conference Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved July 12, 2016.
    4. ↑ Eric J. Wittenberg, Historian, bio page Retrieved November 27, 2022.
    5. ↑ About Eric Wittenberg. Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    6. ↑ Ohio Sesquicentennial Advisory Committee members. Archived 2016-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    7. ↑ Wittenberg talk to Kansas City CWRT. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    8. ↑ Eric J. Wittenberg biography page at Amazon.com Retrieved November 27, 2022.
    9. ↑ Amazon.com's Eric J. Wittenberg books page. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
    10. ↑ Review in York Daily Record. Retrieved July 8, 2016
    11. ↑ Baseball book description. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    12. ↑ "Rantings of a Civil War Historian." Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    13. ↑ Emerging Civil War series bio. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    14. ↑ Savas Beatie Wittenberg profile. Archived 2016-02-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 8, 2016.
    15. ↑ Civl War, Emerging. "In Memoriam: Eric Wittenberg" . Retrieved 7 August 2025.

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    Eric J. Wittenberg
    Born(1961-03-26)March 26, 1961
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    DiedAugust 2, 2025(2025-08-02) (aged 64)
    OccupationsHistorian, attorney
    Board member ofCentral Virginia Battlefields Trust
    Little Big Horn Associates
    Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation
    AwardsBachelder-Coddington Award (1998)
    Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award (2011)
    Academic background
    Education Dickinson College
    University of Pittsburgh
    Alma mater University of Pittsburgh
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