Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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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.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

McPherson, James B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202220 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (2)

Correspondence
James B. McPherson to Thomas H. Leas
1861-12-21
Correspondence
T. E. G. Ransom to W. W. Randall
1864-01-16

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