This book by James M. McPherson is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the American Civil War. It covers the causes of the war, the major battles and campaigns, and the social, political, and economic consequences of the conflict. It also examines the
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is a 1988 book on the American Civil War, written by James M. McPherson. It is the sixth volume of the Oxford History of the United States series. An abridged, illustrated version was published in 2003. The book won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for History.