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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

    $11.99 CAD 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

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Battle of Brandy Station

    North America's Largest Cavalry Battle

    by Eric J Wittenberg ...
    This Civil War history and guide examines a major turning point in cavalry combat and includes a GPS guided tour of the battlefield.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 ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions

    Farnsworths Charge, South Cavalry Field, and the Battle of Fairfield, July 3, 1863

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    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 States. But the valuable contributions of the mounted troops, both Northern and Rebel, in the decisive ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD 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

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Protecting the Flank at Gettysburg

    The Battles for Brinkerhoff's Ridge and East Cavalry Field, July 2 -3, 1863

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    The award-winning Civil War historian's study "makes the case that Union cavalry had a tremendous effect on the course of the titanic battle" (J. David Petruzzi, author of The Complete Gettysburg Guide).On July 3, 1863, a large-scale cavalry fight was waged on Cress Ridge four miles east of Gettysburg. There, on what is commonly referred to as East Cavalry Field, Union horsemen under Brig. Gen. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out Flew the Sabres

    The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863

    by Eric J. Wittenberg, Daniel T. Davis ...
    Series series Emerging Civil War Series
    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 it escalated into the largest cavalry battle ever fought on the North American continent ... Read more

    $7.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "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

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads

    The Civil War's Last Campaign

    by Eric J. Wittenberg ...
    A detailed tactical narrative of one of the most important but least known engagements of William T. Sherman's Carolinas Campaign during the Civil War.As General Sherman's infantry crossed into North Carolina, Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's veteran Federal cavalry division fanned out in front, screening the advance. When Kilpatrick learned that Confederate cavalry under Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton was ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD 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

    $16.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania", Volume 2: June 22–30, 1863

    The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg

    by Eric J. Wittenberg, Scott L. Mingus ...
    The second half of the two-volume history of the Union's and Confederacy's opening moves of the American Civil War's Gettysburg Campaign.This compelling study is the first to fully integrate the military, political, social, economic, and civilian perspectives with rank-and-file accounts from the soldiers of both armies during the inexorably march north toward their mutual destinies at Gettysburg ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD 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

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus