Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios: James Birdseye MCPHERSON (published 1907)
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   COMPLETE TITLE OF THIS BOOK IS:
   
   Official Portfolio of War and Nation
   
   "A Graphic and Pictorial History Prepared Directly from the Government
   Records in the Departments of War and Statistics"
   
   "Story, Complete And Official, Of All The Political Issues, Campaigns,
   Engagements, and Heroic Episodes Of The Titanic And Dreadful Conflict
   Between the states on land and sea .. .. .."
   
   "Leaders Of The North And South, Fraternizing Under The Symbol Of
   Indestructible Union, Submit This Work As Their Impartial Report of
   the War, its conception, prosecution, and results"
   
   "Accompanied by the complete, superb collection of the famous war
   pictures."
   
   "drawn upon the spot by the Government's great artists of that time
   BAKER WEVILL NEWTON WAND
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   BEARD OSBORN RUSSELL BECKER
   SCHELL WILCOX SARTONS LOVIE
   LUMBERG WEAVER CHAMBERLAIN DAVIS
   FORBES BOSSE TAYLOR
   
   "Narrative and descriptive by John Clark Ridpath, Rossiter Johnson,
   General Fitzhugh Lee, General John T. Morgan, George L. Kilmer and
   General Joseph B. Carr."
   
   "Carefully edited by General Marcus F. Wright of the War Department
   Washington, D. C."
   
   608 pages
   Copyright. 1907 BY G. F. Stanley
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                              McPHERSON
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   McPHERSON, GEN. JAMES BIRDSEYE, born in Sandusky, Ohio, November 14, 1828. 
Graduated at West Point 1853. Entered army as second lieutenantof engineers 
1853. Promoted to captain 1861. Entered Union army, and appointed 
lieutenant-colonel, November 12, 1861. Promoted to major-general of 
volunteers, October 8, 1862. Attached to Grant's staff and served at Forts 
Henry and Donelson, and at Shiloh and Corinth. Promoted to command of a 
division at Bolivar, Tenn., and in 1862-63, co-operated with Grant's 
movements. Led a corps in battle of Fort Gibson. Routed part of Johnston's 
army at Raymond May 12, 1863.   Aided Grant in the battle of Champion Hills, 
and in the siege of Vicksburg. Made brigadier-general in regular army August 
1, 1863. In 1864, advanced to command of Army of the Tennessee, and 
conducted important operations around Huntsville, Ala. Commanded Sherman's 
left during the Atlanta campaign. Was killed before Atlanta July 22, 1864.