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Eric J. Wittenberg is an accomplished American Civil War cavalry historian and author. The Ohio attorney has authored nearly two dozen 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, won the prestigious 1998 Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award. His 2014 ""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 speaks widely, leads tours of various battlefields, and is an active preservationist. He lives in Columbus with his wife Susan and their beloved dogs.
""Coming a year after the summer 1863 Confederate incursion into Maryland and Pennsylvania that culminated at Gettysburg, the Johnson-Gilmor Raid brought fresh concerns for many citizens along the Mason-Dixon Line. Eric Wittenberg has brilliantly captured the consternation and terror of these residents, as well as the exploits of the saddle soldiers and their charismatic leaders in this masterful recounting of one of the Civil War's most daring (and largely forgotten) expeditions to free Southern prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland.""--Scott L. Mingus, Sr., co-author of ""If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania"" ""Point Lookout, in secessionist southern Maryland, was the target of a daring 1864 raid by horsemen Bradley Johnson and Harry Gilmor to rescue thousands of Confederate prisoners. The high drama and even higher stakes convinced the Lincoln Administration to substantially reenforce its backdoor defenses of the nation's capital. Eric Wittenberg's The Johnson-Gilmor Raid Around Baltimore will deserve the lofty place it will assume among the volumes written about Jubal Early's invasion of Maryland.""--Robert E. Crickenberger, president of the Friends of Point Lookout
