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James M. McPherson

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Born: October 10 1936

James M. McPherson, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 1963; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College , 1958) is an American Civil War historian, and the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, his most famous book. He was the president of the American Historical Association in 2003, and is a member of the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica.

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James M. McPherson

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Books from James M. McPherson

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam: The Battle that Changed the Course of the Civil War

For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War

What If?: The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

Lee

Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg

The Civil War (American Heritage)

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution

Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief

This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War

The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters

The Hammer and the Anvil: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the End of Slavery in America

Hearts Touched by Fire: The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War

Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History

Summer's Bloodiest Days: The Battle of Gettysburg as Told from All Sides

The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference

Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Volume 1: to 1877

Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Volume II: Since 1863

Crossroads of Freedom/The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom

The Civil War Reader: 1862