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.. .the best study of what J.E.B. Stuart did during this campaign and his reasons for doing so. Fair and balanced, it is a necessary read... --Civil War Courier Plenty of Blame to Go Around is a welcome new account of Stuart's fateful ride during the 1863 Pennsylvania campaign. The authors have done heroic labor among the wealth of primary sources bearing on Stuart's activities. Here, then, is Stuart's ride as the troopers on both sides would recognize it--well researched, vividly written, and shrewdly argued. It is, in short, as good an account of the ride as we are likely to get. --Mark Grimsley, author of The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865 .. a well detailed history, that no matter what side one might view the ride, it would be a fair objective account...well-researched book on all points clearly and cleverly argued. --Midwest Book Review A fast paced, well told yarn... exhaustively researched... the definitive analysis. --Civil War Times Illustrated

.. .the best study of what J.E.B. Stuart did during this campaign and his reasons for doing so. Fair and balanced, it is a necessary read... --Civil War Courier A fast paced, well told yarn... exhaustively researched... the definitive analysis. --Civil War Times Illustrated Plenty of Blame to Go Around is a welcome new account of Stuart's fateful ride during the 1863 Pennsylvania campaign. The authors have done heroic labor among the wealth of primary sources bearing on Stuart's activities. Here, then, is Stuart's ride as the troopers on both sides would recognize it--well researched, vividly written, and shrewdly argued. It is, in short, as good an account of the ride as we are likely to get. --Mark Grimsley, author of The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865 .. a well detailed history, that no matter what side one might view the ride, it would be a fair objective account...well-researched book on all points clearly and cleverly argued. --Midwest Book Review

Plenty of Blame to Go Around is a welcome new account of Stuart's fateful ride during the 1863 Pennsylvania campaign. The authors have done heroic labor among the wealth of primary sources bearing on Stuart's activities. Here, then, is Stuart's ride as the troopers on both sides would recognize it--well researched, vividly written, and shrewdly argued. It is, in short, as good an account of the ride as we are likely to get. --Mark Grimsley, author of The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865 .. .the best study of what J.E.B. Stuart did during this campaign and his reasons for doing so. Fair and balanced, it is a necessary read... --Civil War Courier .. a well detailed history, that no matter what side one might view the ride, it would be a fair objective account...well-researched book on all points clearly and cleverly argued. --Midwest Book Review A fast paced, well told yarn... exhaustively researched... the definitive analysis. --Civil War Times Illustrated

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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. J. David Petruzzi is a noted Civil War cavalry historian and the author of many articles for a wide variety of historical publications, including Gettysburg Magazine, America’s Civil War, Blue & Gray, and Civil War Times Illustrated. An insurance broker in Pennsylvania, he co-wrote (with Eric Wittenberg) Plenty of Blame to Go Around: Jeb Stuart’s Controversial Ride to Gettysburg (Savas Beatie, 2006); (with Wittenberg 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 (Savas Beatie, 2008); and (with Steven Stanley) The Complete Gettysburg Guide: Walking and Driving Tours of the Battlefield, Town, Cemeteries, Field Hospital Sites, and other Topics of Historical Interest (Savas Beatie, 2009), which won the U.S. Army Historical Foundation’s 2009 Distinguished Writing Award, Reference Category. With Stanley, he also produced The Complete Gettysburg Guide: Audio Driving and Walking Tour, Volume One: The Battlefield (Savas Beatie, 2010).

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