James B. McPherson, American general (died 1864)

James B. McPherson

U.S. Army general in the American Civil War

James Birdseye McPherson (/məkˈfərsən/) was a career United States Army officer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. McPherson was on the general staff of Henry Halleck and later of Ulysses S. Grant and was with Grant at the Battle of Shiloh.…