- Part 1: The Book and Professor McPherson
- Part 2: Lecture Courses and C-SPAN Lectures in History
- Part 3: More Video
(For example: lectures on U.S. history during the Civil War era; author talks and interviews for other books related to this period; television documentaries.) - Part 4: Encyclopedia Articles and Period Publications
(By "Period Publications" I mean books and pamphlets published during the Civil War era, and also some published before and after that period. A historian might call some of these items Primary Sources.)
James M. McPherson.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.
Book Series: The Oxford History of the United States [Publisher; Wikipedia].
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Author Information:
- James McPherson, Department of History, Princeton University.
- James M. McPherson (b.1936), Wikipedia.
- James M. McPherson, The New York Review of Books.
- James M. McPherson, C-SPAN.
- Orville Vernon Burton, Catherine Clinton, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Thavolia Glymph, Judith Hunter, James M. McPherson, James Oakes, Sean Wilentz, "Career of Historian James McPherson," 126th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, American History TV, C-SPAN, 08 January 2012.
Wikipedia Articles:- George McDuffie (1790–1851).
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Video and Audio: James M. McPherson
### James M. McPherson and Susan Swain, "Battle Cry of Freedom," BookTV, C-SPAN, 10 July 2000.
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### James M. McPherson and Connie Doebele, "In Depth with James McPherson," BookTV, C-SPAN, 04 March 2001.
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### James McPherson, "The Global Significance of the American Civil War," Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 2003.
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### James M. McPherson, "The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom," Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., BookTV, C-SPAN, 03 November 2003.
Book Discussed:
- James M. McPherson. The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### David M. Kennedy, James M. McPherson, Robert L. Middlekauff, and James T. Patterson, "Oxford History of the United States Series," Borders Books and Music, New York City, BookTV, C-SPAN, 20 September 2005.
Books Discussed:
- Robert L. Middlekauff. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - James M. McPherson. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
- David M. Kennedy. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - James T. Patterson. Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - James T. Patterson. Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James McPherson, "Abraham Lincoln's Invention of Presidential War Powers," James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 20 November 2006.
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### James M. McPherson and Harry Kreisler, "Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief," Conversations with History, University of California, Berkeley, 27 October 2008.Book Discussed:
- James M. McPherson. Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief. New York: Penguin Press / Penguin Random House, 2008.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James McPherson, "An Evening With James McPherson," Read North Dakota, Prairie Public Broadcasting, 2008.
Book Discussed:
- James M. McPherson. Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief. New York: Penguin Press / Penguin Random House, 2008.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James McPherson, "But There Was No Peace: The Aftermath of the Civil War," Stanford University, 13 April 2009.
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### James M. McPherson and Lawrence R. Velvel, "This Mighty Scourge, Perspectives on the Civil War," (Part 2), Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, 2009.
Book Discussed:
- James M. McPherson. This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James M. McPherson, "Abraham Lincoln's Legacy," Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 12 February 2010.
- Jeff Hanna, "Historian James McPherson Lectures on Lincoln at W&L," 07 February 2010.
- Positive liberty, Wikipedia.
- Negative liberty, Wikipedia.
### James McPherson and Joan Cartan-Hansen, "Dialogue," Idaho Public Television, 01 December 2011.
- Dialogue, Episode #1813 Information, Idaho Public Television.
### Edwin Bearss, Orville Vernon Burton and James McPherson, "Virtual Book Signing," Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago, 07 January 2012.
(Burton and McPherson appear beginning in Part 5.)
- Edwin Bearss (b. 1923), Wikipedia.
- Edwin C. Bearss, C-SPAN.
- Orville Vernon Burton, Department of History, Clemson University.
- Orville Vernon Burton, C-SPAN.
- Vernon Burton, Wikipedia.
- Orville Vernon Burton. The Age of Lincoln. New York: Hill and Wang / Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan, 2007.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James McPherson, Allen Guelzo, and Peter Carmichael, "Forever Free: An Evening with Prof. James McPherson & Prof. Allen Guelzo," Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 21 September 2012.
- Allen Guelzo, History, Gettysburg College.
- Allen C. Guelzo, Distinguished Lectureship Program, Organization of American Historians.
- Allen C. Guelzo (b.1953), Wikipedia.
- Allen C. Guelzo, C-SPAN.
### James McPherson, "War on the Waters," Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago, 27 September 2012.
Book Discussed:
- James M. McPherson. War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James McPherson, "Civil War Roundtable with James McPherson," Union League Club of Chicago, 2012.
Book Discussed:
- James M. McPherson. War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James M. McPherson, "The Legacy of Lincoln: U.S. History in American Schooling," Pioneer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, 02 April 2013.
- Event Information at the Pioneer Institute.
### James M. McPherson and Gary W. Gallagher, "Lincoln and Davis: War Presidents," Miller Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 18 September 2013.
- Event Information, Video, Audio at the Miller Center.
- Gary W. Gallagher, Department of History, University of Virginia.
- Gary W. Gallagher, Director, Nau Center for Civil War History, University of Virginia.
- Gary W. Gallagher, C-SPAN.
### James M. McPherson, "The Rewards of Risk Taking: Two Civil War Admirals," 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Washington D.C., 04 January 2014.
- Past Meetings, American Historical Association.
- James M. McPherson. War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James McPherson and Jeffrey Rosen, "Why the Civil War Still Matters," National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 16 March 2015.Book Discussed:
- James M. McPherson. The War That Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
### James McPherson and Peter Carmichael, "Civil War's End and Aftermath," Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College, American History TV, C-SPAN, 19 June 2015.
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This post continues in Part 2: Lecture Courses and C-SPAN Lectures in History.