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  • The Johnson-Gilmor Cavalry Raid Around Baltimore

    July 10-13, 1864

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    Series series Savas Beatie Battles & Leaders Series
    The Johnson-Gilmor Raid, a gripping tale of desperation and high stakes during the American Civil War, unveils the doomed attempt to free Confederate prisoners of war, shedding light on the intricacies of wartime strategies and the relentless pursuit of liberty.The Johnson-Gilmor Raid represents one of three major attempts to free prisoners of war during the American Civil War. Like the other two, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • We Ride a Whirlwind

    Sherman and Johnston at Bennett Place

    by Eric Wittenberg ...
    The events at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865 have long been considered the end of the Civil War. However, there were still Confederate armies in the field. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, commander of the Union armies operating in North Carolina, still faced a 31,000 man Confederate army commanded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. In addition, another 60,000 Confederate soldiers ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly

    The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    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 Eric J. Wittenberg.Wittenberg’s account chronicles Dahlgren’s full life story, with a deep look at his ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Five or Ten Minutes of Blind Confusion

    The Battle of Aiken, South Carolina, February 11, 1865

    by Eric Wittenberg ...
    One of the few Confederate battlefield victories in the dark days of 1865 occurred at Aiken, South Carolina, on February 11, 1865. Aiken itself had little strategic significance to either side; Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman had intended to by-pass the small resort town. Sherman intended that his cavalry commander, Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick head off in the direction of Augusta, Georgia to ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of White Sulphur Springs: Averell Fails to Secure West Virginia

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    Series series Civil War Series
    Though West Virginia was founded for the purpose of remaining loyal to the Union, severing ties with Virginia, home of the capital of the Confederacy, would prove difficult. West Virginia's fate would be tested on its battlegrounds. In August 1863, Union general William Woods Averell led a six-hundred-mile raid culminating in the Battle of White Sulphur Springs in Green Brier County. Colonel ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • One Continuous Fight

    The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, July 4–14, 1863

    by Eric J Wittenberg, J. David Petruzzi, Michael Nugent ...
    A detailed history of the Confederate retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg and the Union effort to destroy the enemy during the American Civil War.The 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 One ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Second Battle of Winchester

    The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg

    by Eric J. Wittenberg, Scott L. Mingus ...
    A comprehensive, deeply researched history of the pivotal 1863 American Civil War battle fought in northern Virginia.June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia pushes west into the Shenandoah Valley and then north toward the Potomac River. Only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy's Union division of the Eighth Army ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plenty of Blame to go Around

    Jeb Stuart's Controversial Ride to Gettysburg

    by Eric J. Wittenberg, J. David Petruzzi ...
    "A welcome new account of Stuart's fateful ride during the 1863 Pennsylvania campaign . . . well researched, vividly written, and shrewdly argued." —Mark Grimsley, author of And Keep Moving OnJune 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 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seceding from Secession

    The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia

    by Eric J. Wittenberg, Edmund A. Sargus, Penny L. Barrick ...
    A "thoroughly researched [and] historically enlightening" account of how the Commonwealth of Virginia split in two in the midst of war ( Civil War News)."West Virginia was the child of the storm." —Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran Maj. Theodore F. LangAs the Civil War raged, the northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's 35th state. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Little Phil

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    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 ArmyÆs greatest generals.From his earliest days at West Point, Phil Sheridan refused to play by ... Read more

    $17.95 USD

  • "The Devil's to Pay"

    John Buford at Gettysburg: A History and Walking Tour

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    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 have been dramatically different if not for the actions of Brig. Gen. John Buford, commander of the Union army ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Holding the Line on the River of Death

    Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    The award-winning Civil War historian examines the actions of Union Cavalry on the first day of the Battle of Chickamauga in this history and tour guide.This volume provides an in-depth study of the two important delaying actions conducted by mounted Union soldiers at Reed's and Alexander's bridges on the first day of Chickamauga. Much like Eric J, Wittenberg's *"The Devil's to Pay": John Buford ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus