Museum of the Civil War Soldier located near petersburg, virginia. He previously served as the first president of the association for the preservation of civil war sites from 1990 to 1994, an early version of what today we know as the American Battlefield trust. Hes also spent time as a historian including local fredericksburg in spotsylvania. Hes also served in other capacities. Dedicated researcher, a prolific writer, he has published more than 20 works on the civil war, on stonewall jackson, st. Petersburg, virginia, 1861 to 1865, and my favorite, the final battles of the petersburg campaign. His latest book, a campaign of giant is certainly a mustread a campaign of giants is certainly a must read for all civil war enthusiasts. I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to do the maps for buck. I said, you know what . Youre doing good work and he gave me an opportunity to showcase that so that im most grateful. Will is certainly a historian that we all look up to but hes not just
He is a National Renowned speaker and the authority on union calvary, particularly operations in the east. What i like about his canon of books, he has been boldly exploring all sorts of things and taking his expiration in neat directions. He is working on a mini script about George Gordon meade. It does not necessarily seem like a cavalry operation to me and it makes him one of the most interesting historians working in the field today. Coming to us from columbus, ohio, to talk about his Award Winning book on john buford, eric wittenberg. [applause] wittenberg it is always up pleasure to be here and i appreciate the opportunity to be here today. It is also always nobody wants to be the guy who goes right after lunch. If anybody falls asleep because of the good food, i promise i wont be offended. And bear with me, im not good at standing still. Chris was talking about the fact that i have written a lot of books, i have a bad case of adult add, which also means i have a trouble standing
Gettysburg. He describes the action on east cavalry field and argues against the theory that confederate general jb stewart had orders to get around the union flank. Instead, he suggests he was supposed to protect the confederate flank. This is an hourlong event. Have six lectures today, or six talks. Eric wittenbergs outofthebox with the 8 30 slot. He is such know him, a good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the philadelphia suburbs, he was raised in southeastern pennsylvania. As many of us did, he made his first trip to gettysburg in the third grade and has been hooked on the history of the American Civil War ever since. He went to college in carlisle pennsylvania and has two degrees from the university of pittsburgh. And a a masters degree doctorate from the university of Pittsburgh School of law. He is also an awardwinning civil war historian. His specialty is calvary operations with an emphasis on the
A good friend of the heritage area. He is an attorney working in the Business Development and litigation arenas. Born in the philadelphia suburbs, he was raised in southeastern pennsylvania. As many of us did, he made his first trip to gettysburg in the third grade and has been hooked on the history of the American Civil War ever since. He is an alumnus of Dickinson College in pennsylvania and has two degrees from the university of pittsburgh. He has a masters degree and a doctorate from the university of Pittsburgh School of law. He is also an awardwinning civil war historian. His specialty is calvary operations with an emphasis on the army of potomacs calvary court. He is the author of 19 published books. I cant imagine what he does as a lawyer. 19 published books. He is the author of a book about john buford at gettysburg, which won the round tables 2014 book 5 book award. He is also the author of a book about protecting the flank at gettysburg. His first book, gettysburg for action
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,