James B. McPherson

James Birdseye McPherson (* November 14, 1828 in Clyde, Ohio; † [ like ] July 22, 1864 in front of Atlanta, Georgia) was an officer of the United States Army and a general in the American Civil War.

He was given military training at the Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1853 as top of his class with his later counterparty John Bell Hood and began a career with the pioneers of the U.S. Army.

At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he remained loyal to the Union and was assigned to the staff of General Henry Wager Halleck. Shortly thereafter, he became commander of the pioneers in the army of Grant and participated in the important battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. McPherson quickly rose to brigadier general and major general of volunteers and took him autumn 1862 a corps in Grants army, with which he was distinguished, among other things during Grant's first and second Vicksburg campaign.

1864, when Sherman organized his armies for the campaign against Atlanta, he handed the highly esteemed by him and Grant McPherson, the Tennessee Army. With this force had McPherson relevant portion of Sherman's successes during the campaign. One of McPherson's opponents this was the Confederate General John Bell Hood, who had been one of his comrades from West Point days.

In July 1864, when the Yankees were already nearing their destination, McPherson was mortally wounded at the Battle of Atlanta.

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