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Freed slaves disinter war dead at Cold Harbor for reburial at Gettysburg's National Battlefield. (1865) (Library of Congress/Alexander Gardner)
Civil War revisited
Broadcast: Midmorning, 10/13/2008, 9:06 a.m.
Broadcast: Midmorning, 11/27/2008, 9:35 a.m.
Historian and author James McPherson is perhaps one of the most prolific authors on the Civil War. His latest book explains how Lincoln became a war time president, a role for which he had little experience but turned him into an essential leader for his times.
Guests
James McPherson: author most recently of "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief." He's the author of the Pulitzer prize winning history of the Civil War, "Battle Cry of Freedom."
