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James McPherson

James McPherson appears in the following:

Circa 1865: Jefferson Davis (1808 - 1889), the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.

Was Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, a Failed Leader or Misunderstood?

Friday, December 26, 2014

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson argues that Davis's place in history deserves to be reconsidered.

Circa 1865: Jefferson Davis (1808 - 1889), the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.

Was Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, a Failed Leader or Fundamentally Misunderstood?

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson argues that Davis's place in history deserves to be reconsidered.

Abraham Lincoln, Wartime President

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Find out how Abraham Lincoln became a great wartime commander in chief despite not having any military experience. Civil War historian James McPherson’s most recent book is Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.