JAMES M. MCPHERSON

James M. McPherson is acclaimed as one of the finest historians writing today and a preeminent...

Here is the definitive reference to the battles of the Civil War, written by America's leading...

The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American...

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones,...

This series of essays reflects on topics such as the origins of the Civil War, the war and American society, why the North won the war, Lincoln's enduring image, and the question of historians and their audiences.