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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
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James M. McPherson · 1997
" For Cause and Comrades deserves similar accolades, as McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words combine to create both an important book on an often-overlooked aspect of our bloody Civil War, and a powerfully moving account ...
Fields of Fury
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James M. McPherson · 2002
Examines the events and effects of the American Civil War.
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam
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James M. McPherson · 2004
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian McPherson offers a masterful portrait of the bloodiest single day in American history, the Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862.
Why the Confederacy Lost
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Gabor S. Boritt · 1992
Provocatively argued and engagingly written, this work rejects the notion that the Union victory was inevitable and shows the importance of the commanders, strategies, and victories at key moments.
Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War
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James M. McPherson · 1997
The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom shares a collection of thought-provoking essays on the Civil War, discussing the leaders of the era, the international impact of the war, slavery, the problems with the modern ...
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role. 150,000 ...
The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in ...
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James M. McPherson · 2014
This new Princeton Classics edition marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book's initial publication and includes a new preface by the author.
Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg
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James M. McPherson · 2015
In this fully illustrated edition of "Hallowed Ground," James M. McPherson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Battle Cry of Freedom," and arguably the finest Civil War historian in the world, walks readers through the Gettysburg ...
The Negro's Civil War: How American Blacks Felt and Acted ...
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James M. McPherson · 2003
In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly narrates the experience of blacks--former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and common people--during the Civil War.
Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction
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Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, tragic, and transitional event in American history.