The Battle of White Sulphur Springs (28 page)

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About the Author

Eric J. Wittenberg is an award-winning Civil War historian. Originally from southeastern Pennsylvania, he was educated at Dickinson College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is an attorney in private practice. He is also the author of more than fifteen published books on the Civil War and serves as a member of the Governor of Ohio's Commission on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War and as vice-president of the Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation. He and his wife, Susan, and their two golden retrievers live in Columbus, Ohio.