![]() But I’ve kind of drifted away from that the last several years. As long as I was teaching, both undergraduates and graduate seminars, I would keep up with all the literature and the journals and what my students - but also others - were doing. ![]() My last PhD student came through the pipeline and finished about five years ago. I understand that you don’t actually teach anymore. There are interpretive markers there that the Brandy Station Foundation put down there. The Trust has been active preserving land there. JM: Well, I suppose – it’s not really off the beaten track and there’s no park involved, but – Brandy Station. They haven’t changed that much over time, especially Shiloh.ĭo you have a favorite that’s maybe more off the beaten path? I suppose Antietam and Shiloh are the two best-preserved battlefields, in terms of what is called ‘historical integrity’ - that is, what the soldiers might have seen. I’ve given tours of almost every one of them, over time. If people are aware of any one Civil War battle, it’s Gettysburg, so there’s more awareness, more alertness to it. James McPherson: Well, the one I know best and the one I give tours of the most is Gettysburg in some ways I suppose would be my favorite just because of its importance, and the complicated nature of the battle, which makes it kind of interesting to give tours. As Dr. McPherson make clear, the field of Civil War history has only strengthened as it has expanded, and continues to be heir to an extraordinarily rich tradition of first-rate scholarship and research.Ĭlayon Butler: Do you have a favorite battlefield? James McPherson, Princeton University's George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History. He shared his thoughts on the state of current Civil War scholarship and the compelling nature of Civil War history for scholars and the general public alike. The Civil War Trust's own Clayton Butler recently had the opportunity to sit down with one the most distinguished scholars in the field of Civil War history – Dr. ![]()
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