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James M. McPherson

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American historian (born 1936)

United StatesWritersBorn 1936 · age 89
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James Munro McPherson is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War. He is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.

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McPherson speaking at the American Historical Association annual meeting in January 2014McPherson speaking at the American Historical Association annual meeting in January 2014

Awards 8

2009Lincoln Prize
2000Jefferson Lecture
1998Lincoln Prize
1995Henry Allen Moe Prize
1989Pulitzer Prize for History
1967Guggenheim Fellowship
1965Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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David W. BlightAlso won Lincoln PrizeBernard BailynAlso won Henry Allen Moe PrizeShirley Graham Du BoisAlso won Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsJames Truslow AdamsAlso won Pulitzer Prize for HistoryHarvey MansfieldAlso won Jefferson LectureBernard KnoxAlso won Jefferson Lecture

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James Munro McPherson is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War. He is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. McPherson was the president of the American Historical Association in 2003.

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Born 1936 · age 89
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