James M. McPherson

James Munro McPherson (born October 11, 1936) 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. Provided by Wikipedia