Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863 (Eric J. Wittenberg - CWC) love The Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was a hotbed of political activity during the Civil War

the Confederacy collapsed

and homesickness and worried about loved ones left at home without financial support

Splendidly mounted on his favorite mare Virginia

Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863 (Eric J. Wittenberg - CWC) love The Army of the PotomacHolding the Line on the River of Death: Union Mounted Forces at Chickamauga, September 18, 1863 by Eric Wittenberg In 2014, Eric J. Wittenberg published The Devils to Pay: John Buford at Gettysburg. A History and Walking Tour, an award winning study of Union cavalry delaying actions at Gettysburg. Fast forward four years to 2018 and Wittenbergs latest release, a companion Western Theater study entitled Holding the Line on the River of Death: Union