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  <name><![CDATA[James M. McPherson]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[James M. McPherson (born October 11, 1936) is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, his most famous book. He was the president of the American Historical Association in 2003, and is a member of the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica.

Born in Valley City, North Dakota, he graduated from St. Peter High School, and he received his Bachelor of Arts at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota) in 1958 (from which he graduated magna cum laude), and his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1963. Currently he resides in Princeton, New Jersey, and is married with one child.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Valley City, North Dakota</hometown>  <born_at>10/11/1936</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tried by War : Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln: A Presidential Life]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[What They Fought For 1861-1865]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[James M. McPherson]]></name>
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