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David A. Powell is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Class of 1983, with a BA in history. David has published numerous articles in magazines, more than fifteen historical simulations of various battles, and regularly leads tours to Civil War battlefields including the epic field of Chickamauga. Eric J. Wittenberg is an accomplished American Civil War cavalry historian and author. An attorney in Ohio, Wittenberg has authored more than two dozen articles in popular magazines and a dozen books, including (with co-authors J. David Petruzzi and Michael F. Nugent) One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, July 4 - 14, 1863; The Battle of Brandy Station; and (with J. David Petruzzi) Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart’s Controversial Ride to Gettysburg. Eric’s first book, Gettysburg’s Forgotten Cavalry Actions, won the prestigious 1998 Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award.
This is an outstanding addition to the literature of the war. -- The NYMAS Review Powell and Wittenberg provide sufficient detail to satisfy the most avid Civil War buff while engaging casual readers. -- On Point: The Journal of Army History An excellent review of how the Union wrested western Tennessee from the Confederacy. --Collected Miscellany A model of superbly crafted and meticulously documented research... -- Midwest Book Review David Powell and Eric Wittenberg have produced an outstanding study of the decidedly under appreciated 1863 Tullahoma Campaign in Middle Tennessee. Their balanced and nuanced evaluations of the leadership of Generals William S. Rosecrans and Braxton Bragg will force readers to reassess--without totally abandoning--the less-than-stellar reputations usually attached to these two prominent commanders. The authors's thorough examination of some of the war's most daunting logistical challenges and efforts to adapt workable solutions to them is both noteworthy and most welcome. --Carol Reardon, George Winfree Professor Emerita of American History, Penn State University The Tullahoma Campaign has been largely overlooked ever since it was fought in 1863. David Powell and Eric Wittenberg, with their expertise in these armies and mounted operations, are perfect authors to take a fresh look at what happened in Middle Tennessee in late June and early July 1863. The result is a masterful, vivid, and detailed study, one that Tullahoma has so desperately needed. --Chris Kolakowski, author of The Stones River & Tullahoma Campaigns: This Army Does Not Retreat The Tullahoma Campaign is frequently obscured by the almost simultaneous and much higher profile Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. With their respective expertise in Civil War cavalry and the Western Theater, historians Eric Wittenberg and David Powell have written the definitive account of Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans' operational masterpiece--the almost bloodless conquest of hundreds of square miles of Middle Tennessee in the crucial third summer of the Civil War. --Sam Davis Elliott, author of Soldier of Tennessee: General Alexander P. Stewart and the Civil War in the West Orders of magnitude more informative and valuable than anything previously written on the topic, Tullahoma ranks among the best of modern Civil War campaign histories. -- Civil War Books and Authors
