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James M. McPherson

James M. McPherson (born October 11, 1936) is an American historian specializing in the Civil War; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1989 for Battle Cry of Freedom.

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American historian (born 1936)

Born 11 Oct 1936

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  • Cover of: Liberty Equality Power: A History of the American People to 1877 (Liberty, Equality, Power)
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  • Cover of: Liberty, Equality, Power: Volume II: Since 1863, Enhanced Concise Edition
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    First published in 1998 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction
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  • Cover of: Democratic Experience
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  • Cover of: The illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
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  • Cover of: War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865
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  • Cover of: Crossroads of freedom: Antietam
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    First published in 2002 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Ordeal by Fire: Volume 1: The Coming of War
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    First published in 1900 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The Negro's Civil War: how American Negroes felt and acted during the war for the Union
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    Cover of edition isbn_9781400033904 First published in 1965 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: "To the best of my ability": the American presidents
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  • Cover of: The struggle for equality: abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction
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  • Cover of: The American journey
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  • Cover of: Very Civil War: The Swiss Sonderbund War Of 1847

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  • Cover of: Hallowed ground: a walk at Gettysburg
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  • Cover of: Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as commander in chief
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  • Cover of: Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People
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  • Cover of: Ordeal by Fire: Volume II: The Civil War
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  • Cover of: Liberty, equality, power: a history of the American people

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  • Cover of: The Atlas of the Civil War
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    First published in 1994 — 5 editions
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American historian (born 1936)

Born 11 Oct 1936

Subjects

History, Biography, United States, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United states, history, African Americans, Histoire, Sezessionskrieg, American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658, Campaigns, New York Times reviewed, Presidents, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, Military leadership, Politics and government, Presidents, united states, United States - General, Abolitionists, Amerikaanse burgeroorlog, Causes, Civil War, 1861-1865, History - General History, History - U.S., Military campaigns

Places

United States, Confederate States of America, États-Unis, Etats-Unis, Canada, Estados Unidos, Gettysburg (Pa.), Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.), Pennsylvania, Québec (Province), Southern States, United State, the Contraband Relief Association of Washington, the Freedmen’s Friend Society in Brooklyn

People

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), Abraham Lincoln, C. Vann Woodward (1908-), Elizabeth Keckley (ca. 1818-1907), George H. Hepworth (1833-1902), Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Robert Lee, Ulysses Grant

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865, 19th century, 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession), 1863-1877, 1865-1898, 1815-1861, 1860-1865, 1861-1865, 1861-1865 (guerre de Sécession), 1863, 1865-1877, 1877-1964, 19e siècle, 20th century, Siglo XVIII - XX, To 1863

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  • James Mcpherson

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March 4, 2025 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
May 2, 2024 Edited by dcapillae Added new photo
May 2, 2024 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import