James McPherson and David Hackett Fischer

James McPherson | Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief A professor emeritus of History at Princeton University, James McPherson won the Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, his single-volume treatment of the Civil War that set a benchmark for scholarship in the field. He is the author of nearly 20 additional books, each focused on a particular aspect of the Civil War, including This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War, Hallowed Ground: A Walk a...