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Eric J. Wittenberg

Seceding from Secession

The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia

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A thoroughly researched [and] historically enlightening account of how the Commonwealth of Virginia split in two in the midst of war (Civil War News).West Virginia was the child of the storm. -Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran Maj. Theodore F. Lang As the Civil War raged, the northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's 35th state. Seceding from Secession chronicles those events in an unprecedented study of the social, legal, military, and political factors that converged to bring about the birth of West Virginia. President Abraham Lincoln, an astute lawyer in his own right, playe… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sargus, Edmund A. / Barrick, Penny L.
  • ISBN: 978-1-61121-507-6
  • EAN: 9781611215076
  • Produktnummer: 36829289
  • Verlag: Savas Beatie
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 289 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor


Eric J. Wittenberg is an accomplished American Civil War cavalry historian and author. An attorney in Ohio, Wittenberg has authored over 21 books on various Civil War subjects, with particular focus on cavalry operations, as well as three dozen articles in popular magazines such as North & South, Blue&Gray, America's Civil War, and Gettysburg Magazine. His first book, Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions (Thomas Publications, Gettysburg PA, 1998) won the prestigious 1998 Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award. The second edition won the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award, for Reprint, 2011. His 2014 book, The Devil's to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour, was awarded the Gettysburg Civil War Roundtable's 2015 Book Award. Wittenberg is a favored speaker at Civil War Roundtables, and conducts tours of various Civil War battlefields and related sites. He was instrumental in saving important battlefield land at Trevilian Station and Brandy Station, Virginia, and wrote the text for the historical waysides located at Trevilian Station. He lives in Columbus with his wife Susan and their beloved dogs. Visit Eric J. Wittenberg's website: http://www.ericwittenberg.com

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