James M. McPherson

James McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war....

As we approach the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth in 2009, this work provides agenuinely novel, even timely, view of the most written about figure in our history....

Compared to the Normandy invasion in World War II, Antietam produced four times as many casualties....

Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War....

In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the most enduring questions about one of the defining moments in our nation's history....

The events that occurred at Gettysburg are etched into our collective memory...

In this compelling biography, McPherson follows Abraham Lincoln from his early frontier days to his turbulent years in the White House....