James M. McPherson

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academic author historian

James M. McPherson is a prominent American Civil War historian and author, best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning book "Battle Cry of Freedom."

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James M. McPherson canonical 4
James Munro McPherson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
author ⓘ
historian ⓘ
academicAdvisor C. Vann Woodward ⓘ
awardReceived Bancroft Prize ⓘ
Lincoln Prize ⓘ
National Humanities Medal ⓘ
Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for History ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-10-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Gustavus Adolphus College ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
familyName McPherson ⓘ
fieldOfWork American Civil War history ⓘ
American history ⓘ
surface form: United States history
fullName James M. McPherson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Munro McPherson
genre historical non-fiction ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasWrittenAbout Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Confederate States of America ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
knownFor Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era ⓘ
surface form: Battle Cry of Freedom

scholarship on the American Civil War ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Historical Association ⓘ
American Philosophical Society ⓘ
notableIdea interpretation of the Civil War as a second American Revolution ⓘ
notableWork Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution ⓘ
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era ⓘ
Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam ⓘ
Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War ⓘ
For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War ⓘ
Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction ⓘ
This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War ⓘ
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
historian ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Valley City, North Dakota, United States ⓘ
positionHeld George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History ⓘ
residence Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
spouse Patricia McPherson ⓘ

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Pulitzer Prize for History → notableWinner → James M. McPherson ⓘ
Bancroft Prize → notableRecipient → James M. McPherson ⓘ
James M. McPherson → fullName → James M. McPherson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Munro McPherson
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era → author → James M. McPherson ⓘ
Lincoln Prize → notableRecipient → James M. McPherson ⓘ