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James M. McPherson

(1936) Historian

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James M. McPherson is a historian.

Quick Facts About James M. McPherson

Born: October 11, 1936
Profession: Historian

About James M. McPherson

[Wikidata] American historian (born 1936)... | [Wikipedia] James Munro McPherson is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War. He is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. McPherson was the president o

Quotes by James M. McPherson

“Although per capita income doubled during the half-century, not all sectors of society shared equally in this abundance. While both rich and…

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Division of labor

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“The truth is, when bullets are whacking against tree-trunks and solid shot are cracking skulls like egg-shells, the consuming passion in the…

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Fear

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“His captors asked why he, a nonslaveholder, was fighting to uphold slavery. He replied: “I’m fighting because you’re down here.”7”

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“The casualties at Antietam numbered four times the total suffered by American soldiers at the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944. More…

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American war

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“The Civil War was pre-eminently a political war, a war of peoples rather than of professional armies.”

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Civil war

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“Governor Beriah Magoffin”

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“In cities and factories, the vices of our nature are more fully displayed,” declared James Hammond of South Carolina in 1829, while…

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Freedom

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“Not surprisingly, South Carolina acted first. “There is nothing in all the dark caves of human passion so cruel and deadly as…

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South carolina

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