Eric J. Wittenberg, Date of Birth

Eric J. Wittenberg

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1961

Profession: jurist, historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Eric J.
Wittenberg (born March 26, 1961) is an American Civil War (Civil War) historian, author, lecturer, tour guide and battlefield preservationist.
He is a practicing attorney in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
His published works have focused especially on the Civil War cavalryman and the cavalry battles of the Civil War, with emphasis on the Army of the Potomac's Cavalry Corps.
His first book, Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions, was chosen as the best new work addressing the Battle of Gettysburg in 1998, winning the Robert E.
Lee Civil War Roundtable of Central New Jersey's Bachelder-Coddington Award.
The second edition of this book, published in 2011, won the U.
S.
Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award for that year's best reprint.
In 2015, his book The Devil's to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg won the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable's 2015 Book Award.
He was a member of the Governor of Ohio’s Advisory Commission on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War and has been active with several Civil War battlefield preservation organizations.
He and his wife Susan Skilken Wittenberg reside on the east side of Columbus, Ohio.