James B. McPherson

Birth Date

1828-11-14

Death Date

1864-07-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Sandusky County, Ohio, native. Graduate of West Point in 1849. Served as aide-de-camp, brigadier general, major general in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1849 to 1864. Instructor of practical engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1849. Died at the battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864.

Jeff Wallenfeldt, ed., The American Civil War and Reconstruction: People, Politics, and Power (New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, 2010), 144. Find A Grave, "James Birdseye McPherson (November 14, 1828 - July 22, 1864)," Memorial #4423, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4423 (accessed June 22, 2017). Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, and Paul Finkelman, eds., The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference (New York: Grad Central Press, 2002), 416-417.

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