Cool trip just completed and another one about to begin….
Last weekend, I traveled to Missouri and toured Calvary Cemetery and Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, caught a Dodgers/Cardinals game, toured Wilson’s Creek, Newtonia, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove battlefields, and also made a visit to Fort Smith.
Tomorrow, I leave for Ted Alexander’s annual summer soiree, which will include tours of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and part of the Antietam battlefield. I’m doing a talk titled “Pope’s Horsemen”.
Next week, when I’m back and the dust has settled, I will write up both trips and post some of my photos from Missouri and Arkansas. Please be patient. I hope it will be worth your while.
About The General
Eric J. Wittenberg is an award-winning Civil War historian. He is also a practicing attorney and is the sole proprietor of Eric J. Wittenberg Co., L.P.A. He is the author of sixteen published books and more than two dozen articles on the Civil War. He serves on the Governor of Ohio's Advisory Commission on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, as the vice president of the Buffington Island Battlefield Preservation Foundation, and often consults with the Civil War Preservation Trust on battlefield preservation issues. Eric, his wife Susan, and their two golden retrievers live in Columbus, Ohio.
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Eric: Your topic in that “soiree” raises an interesting question. Have you given thought to doing something on the Union cavalry under Pope (meaning Buford, et al?) Given that they did pretty much nothing on the Peninsula, I’ve always thought that this was the first time that the cavalry took a truly active role in the Virginia war (only to disappear again under Little Mac). Could be seen as a “prequel” to your book on the emergence of the cavalry in spring, 1863. Of course, this is an inexpert view from somebody who’s full of good work project ideas for others, and I don’t know if this one has enough “meat”.