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[Eric Wittenberg]

Good luck to you, Eric. I have 3 of your books, one of them signed by you. When I get those Bachelder Papers, I will see more of you.

Thank you!

 

[MackCW]

Looking forward to the read, Eric.

Good luck to you, Eric. I have 3 of your books, one of them signed by you. When I get those Bachelder Papers, I will see more of you.

While people will certainly talk about the eyewitness accounts of the battle and the names included in the volumes, the thing that always struck me was the correspondence between old soldiers from both sides or they would make mention I have talked to so and so. How they contacted each other after the war just trying to make sense of it all especially after they were willing to kill and main each other just 10-15 years prior.

Didn't mean to interject into your conversation but they are still my overall favorite volumes about the war.

 

[Michael W.]

Of course it is! Wilder's seizing and holding of Hoover's Gap was the linchpin to the success of the campaign.

Good, I would like to read a detailed account of Hoover's Gap. I have a lifelong friend who is also interested in the Civil War and he mentioned to me that he had an ancestor in the war, but never bothered to research him. I then researched him, turns out his great-great-great grandfather was Sgt. Samuel Stewart, Co. A, 72nd Indiana, who was posted adjacent to Alexander's Bridge on the Union left, and he himself gives his account of being there in Blue Lightning.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Good, I would like to read a detailed account of Hoover's Gap. I have a lifelong friend who is also interested in the Civil War and he mentioned to me that he had an ancestor in the war, but never bothered to research him. I then researched him, turns out his great-great-great grandfather was Sgt. Samuel Stewart, Co. A, 72nd Indiana, who was posted adjacent to Alexander's Bridge on the Union left, and he himself gives his account of being there in Blue Lightning.

Very cool. You will find the most detailed account ever written in this book. That was one of my chapters.

 

[d.h.flagg]

Congratulations Eric on your new book. Can't wait to read it. Looks like another winner.

David

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Congratulations Eric on your new book. Can't wait to read it. Looks like another winner.

David

Thank you, David. Much obliged.

 

[Ole Miss]

I look forward to adding this jewel to my library. Congratulations on bringing this seldom told story to life for us!
Regards
David

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

I look forward to adding this jewel to my library. Congratulations on bringing this seldom told story to life for us!
Regards
David

Thank you, David. I appreciate it.

 

[Pete Longstreet]

Just received my copy today! Thanks @Eric Wittenberg for a speedy delivery.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Just received my copy today! Thanks @Eric Wittenberg for a speedy delivery.

I hope you enjoy it!

 

[Andy Cardinal]

Congratulations on what promises to be another great book. Thanks for addressing an all but ignored but vitally significant part of the war. I always learn so much from your books, I can't wait to read this one.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Congratulations on what promises to be another great book. Thanks for addressing an all but ignored but vitally significant part of the war. I always learn so much from your books, I can't wait to read this one.

Thank you, Andy. I really appreciate it.

Dave and I really had fun doing this together.

 

[Andy Cardinal]

I very much enjoyed David Powell's books about Chickamauga as well. The two of you working together to write this one is very exciting.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

I very much enjoyed David Powell's books about Chickamauga as well. The two of you working together to write this one is very exciting.

Dave and I have known each other for the better part of 25 years, and we had been looking for a project to do together for some time. I had done some work on Hoover's Gap and on Shelbyville, and I knew that Dave had a great interest in the campaign, so it seemed like a natural, easy fit. And it was.

 

[limberbox]

Mine arrived today. Looking forward to reading.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Mine arrived today. Looking forward to reading.

Thanks for letting me know. Enjoy!

 

[Belfoured]

Congratulations on what promises to be another great book. Thanks for addressing an all but ignored but vitally significant part of the war. I always learn so much from your books, I can't wait to read this one.

This book is the essential link between Stones River and the excellent books by Robertson on the Chickamauga campaign and by Dave Powell on the battle. And I do mean "essential". Bringing these two authors together is like starting Scherzer and having Verlander ready in the pen.

 

[MackCW]

Just began reading today, Eric. Much like your book on Buford, it's a really easy read.

 

[Rhea Cole]

Congrats on publishing the book. In a comment on our times, I went to see Lisa at the Eastern National bookstore at STRI. I asked her if she had ordered your book. With a sigh, she said that it is on her wishlist. At this point, she is only able to draw existing books from other stores. This virus thing is like a rock in a pond, the ripples just keep spreading & echoing off objects in an ever spreading, ever more complex wave of consequences.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Just began reading today, Eric. Much like your book on Buford, it's a really easy read.

I'm glad that you're enjoying it!