James M. McPherson AKA James Munro McPherson Born: 11-Oct-1936 Birthplace: Valley City, ND
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Historian Nationality: United States Executive summary: Battle Cry of Freedom Wife: Patricia (one child)
High School: St. Peter High School, St. Peter, MN University: BA, Gustavus Adolphus College (1958) University: PhD, Johns Hopkins University (1963) Professor: History, Princeton University
American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Historical Association President (2003)
Pulitzer Prize for History 1989 for Battle Cry of Freedom Guggenheim Fellowship MacArthur Fellowship
Author of books:
The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction (1964, history) The Negro's Civil War: How American Negroes Felt and Acted During the War for the Union (1965, history) Marching Toward Freedom: The Negro in the Civil War, 1861-1865 (1967, history) The Abolitionist Legacy: From Reconstruction to the NAACP (1975, history) Ordeal by Fire (1982, history) Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988, history) Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution (1990, history) What They Fought For, 1861-1865 (1994, history) Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War (1996, history) For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War (1997, history) Is Blood Thicker Than Water? Crises of Nationalism in the Modern World (1998, international affairs) Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (2002, history) Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg (2003, history) This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War (2007, history) Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief (2008, biography) Abraham Lincoln (2009, biography) War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 (2012, history) Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief (2014, biography) The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters (2015, history)
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