Rock stars, like guys, historians, women, weve all heard of, weve seen them on tv, weve read their books. Everybody knows who they are. We talked about them in hush tones and it has been my privilege to be friends with one of those rock stars because truly eric wit bigger is a name that is known by eric wittenberg. Hes known not only for his expertise in the union calvary, many o his knowledge on controversial topics where he is constantly challenging people to reconsider what they think they know. Hes never one to take a position because its popular but he takes because it is well considered, well researched and it is well thought out. And so hes sometimes not so afraid to challenge conventional thinking on things. And its that sense of going for the truth that has always made me admire his work. Tarting out when i first got into the civil war as someone reading books and just thought this guy is fantastic. Hes got 17 books you can read. But as our friendship has grown over the years,