Encyclopedia of Civil War Biographies

by James M. McPherson

This A-Z encyclopedia covers more Civil War figures in more detail than any other such reference. It includes more than 500 biographies of prominent men and women who played a part in the war, written by their contemporaries. The biographical portraits, enlivened by the authors' observations of the times in which they lived, provide a unique glimpse of this tumultuous era. Unlike other collections of Civil War biographies, the Encyclopedia covers the lives of its subjects in their entirety. It portrays the individuals' involvement in the Civil War more fully than other works, and it also provides detailed accounts of their lives before and after the war, including family backgrounds and business and professional careers, right up to the time of death.

906 pages, Hardcover

First published March 3, 2000

About the author

James M. McPherson, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 1963; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota), 1958) is an American Civil War historian, and 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.