About Eric J. Wittenberg |
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Eric
J. Wittenberg was born in the Philadelphia suburbs. He was
raised in southeastern Pennsylvania, and made his first trip
to the Gettysburg battlefield as a third-grader. By the end
of that trip, he was fully hooked on the Civil War. Eric is
an alumnus of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
and also has two degrees from the University of Pittsburgh,
a master’s degree in public and international affairs
from Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs as well his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh
School of Law. Eric is a full-time practicing attorney in
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Eric
is an award-winning Civil War historian. His specialty is cavalry
operations, with a particular emphasis on the Army of the Potomac’s
Cavalry Corps. He is the author of fourteen published books,
all of which are available for purchase on this site. His first
book, Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions, was named
the third winner of the Robert E. Lee Civil War Roundtable of
Central New Jersey’s Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award
as the best new work interpreting the Battle of Gettysburg of
1998. Other works of his have been chosen as main selections
by the History and Military Book Clubs, and his work uniformly
receives good reviews. He is also the author of more than
two dozen published articles on Civil War cavalry operations.
His articles have appeared in Gettysburg Magazine, North &
South, Blue & Gray, Hallowed Ground, America’s Civil
War, and Civil War Times Illustrated.
Eric regularly travels the country to lecture on the war,
and he is frequently asked to lead Civil War battlefield tours.
Battlefield preservation work is very important to him. He
sits on the boards of advisors of the Trevilian Station Battlefield
Foundation and the Friends of the Alligator, and has regularly
worked with the Civil War Preservation Trust in helping to
save battlefield land. He is an original member of, as well
as past president and program chairman of, the Central Ohio
Civil War Roundtable.
He maintains a popular and well-regarded blog, Rantings of
a Civil War Historian, and is the owner and moderator of the
popular Civil War Discussion Group Online.
A native Philadelphian, he is a long-suffering fan of the
Phillies, Eagles, and Flyers, and is also an avid supporter
of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Eric, his wife Susan, and their two golden retrievers live
in Columbus, Ohio. For more about
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