The Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Read Between The Lines · James M. McPherson
September 17, 202524m 29s
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Show Notes
Widely hailed as the single best volume ever written on the Civil War, this Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is essential reading. James M. McPherson expertly synthesizes the political intrigue, social upheaval, and brutal military campaigns that defined the era. Battle Cry of Freedom is a gripping, fast-paced narrative that explains not just what happened, but why a nation went to war with itself.
Topics
American Civil WarSlaveryAbraham LincolnEmancipationUnionConfederacySecessionMilitary HistoryPolitical HistoryFreedomStates' RightsAbolitionismReconstructionGettysburgAntietamSectionalismUlysses S. GrantRobert E. Lee19th Century AmericaNarrative History