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Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era by James M McPherson; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, <b>Battle Cry of Freedom</b> will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War.<br> James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War&#151;the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry&#151;and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself&#151;the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory.<br> The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict&#58; the So

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Author
James M McPherson; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Publisher
IRL Press at Oxford University Press
Published
1988
Language
EN
ISBN
9780199726585
Category
history
Subjects
Fiction, History, Humanities
Rating
4.32 / 5 (214 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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