The Popular Version of McPherson's Death Comes From a Confederate. Here's the Union Version.

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The particulars behind the death of Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson during the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, are well known to students of the Civil War. Happening upon enemy soldiers, a polite tip of his hat before he dashed off on his horse, and instant death by a bullet. The origins of this story come from a Confederate soldier. The original letter is a fascinating read. And so is the Union side of the story, which has been largely lost in time.
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Комментарии : 44

@1961OnRock 10 месяцев назад

Every one who enjoys Ron's presentations please give him a thumbs up! And recommend him to your friends who enjoy U.S. Civil War history. His great work should get more attention.

@peddler38501 10 месяцев назад

As a student of the Civil War, it really freaked me out to find myself living about 100 feet from McPherson's monument in the 1990s. I was like, how unreal is this?! Grant and Sherman loved this guy, and he died right here! At the time, the neighborhood was very much blue collar working class, everyone off on the 6 AM bus to get to work, but recent street views show it's been gentrified.

@DoyleHargraves 8 месяцев назад

Crazy thing is, there is a tragic story to be told about every single death in that war. We only get to know the famous ones, but each death was it's own story as sad as this one. His death reminds me of Kearny's at Chantilly. Two great Union men.

@McPherson952 10 месяцев назад

James “Birdsey” pronounced “Bird see”, a surname of one of his father’s friends. McPherson indeed is a forgotten hero, as is the name of a book written about him. He finished 1st in his class at West Point. If he had survived the war, he may have been a President. The McPherson name is pronounce Mac Fur son, a Scottish surname meaning son of the parson, deriving from Kenneth, the son of the Parson of Kingussie, Scotland.

@craigcook1571 10 месяцев назад

It would appear that reporters were just as apt to lie, stretch the truth and only give bits and pieces back then as they are today 🤷🏻‍♂️

@brianhillis3701 10 месяцев назад

The national paper's version is sensational 4th hand at best. Guess the press was inacurate then too.

@secretgoldfish 10 месяцев назад

Never let the truth get in the way of propaganda!

@davidbowman4259 10 месяцев назад

Indeed. Tell that to the orange cultists. And Faux Noise.

@secretgoldfish 10 месяцев назад

@@davidbowman4259 The cult (and mental spectrum) of overly-simpleton and binary-based side-taking sadly goes both ways unfortunately.

@WhaleGold 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for putting this up. I used to live (2 times) on McPherson Ave. in Richland, WA. a town built in WWII to house the people working at Hanford Nuclear reservation where the Plutonium was made for the "Fat Man" bomb dropped on Nagasaki. All the streets were named after Army Engineers. I knew a little about him from the published indexes about the street names, but they were only about a paragraph long and I had never before seen a photo of him. Second time I lived there I took photos of the ash cloud from Mt. St. Helens going overhead.

@douglasturner6153 10 месяцев назад

Good episode. Soldier's on both sides rifled the pockets, bodies and knapsacks of dead enemies for valuables. Even live one's. The Rebs had a clothing shortage and were more likely to take boots, hats etc. But rarely stripped a body naked. General's riding boots would have been a real find to trade with. That first Union story looks like propaganda to make the men appear more heroic and the Rebs dastardly. "Bushwackers" on the battle line"? Come on! The events Captain Beard described sound credible. Union soldier's behind him wouldn't have seen all of the quick confrontation. Captain Beard was remiss though in not immediately taking McPherson's Order Book and other intelligence on him to the rear for his own high commands knowledge.

@richardliles4415 10 месяцев назад

So very interesting. Thank you.

@peterschief9778 10 месяцев назад

Great piece of research mate. Thanx

@REM1956 10 месяцев назад

Another fantastic video giving three or four eye witness accounts of the same incident. This detail is huge in showing how actual participants views can be so extremely different, and how the view of the victor usually becomes the concrete history. This is a gloriously satisfying resource, Ron. Thanks, so much.

@DoyleHargraves 8 месяцев назад

Polk's death is a pretty neat investigation. My ancestors was a teamster for his HQ unit.

@kennethswain6313 10 месяцев назад

Such a great presentation. I really appreciate your well documented presentations 👍

@superintendentchalmers8034 2 месяца назад

McPherson tried to talk his young friend Porter Alexander from going east and fighting for the Confederacy when the two were stationed in San Francisco in 1861, telling him their cause had no chance of success. Alexander of course went on to become a brilliant artillery officer with Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The two might have met in battle at Chatanooga but Bragg sent Longstreet's wing, with whom Alexander was part to Knoxville before it began.

@clinthowe7629 10 месяцев назад

I like McPherson’s cheerful countenance.

@SteveW-qb5ue 10 месяцев назад

My experience with reporters is that they will invent things that were not said in order to make the article more interesting to the reading public. That version with the bushwacker comment sounds like an attempt to dramatize the death of a brave man by playing to the perceived prejudices of their particular audience.

@manilajohn0182 10 месяцев назад

SPOT ON.

@sfwaddell 2 месяца назад

I think we can take the confederate soldiers story and the other Union version over a newspaper's who weren't there.

@jude999 10 месяцев назад

I love the backdrop on these reports. Mc-FUR-son.

@larrydemaar409 10 месяцев назад

Yes, no fear in McPherson.

@RichardGrant-sx7oc 10 месяцев назад

FYI: McPherson is a Scottish name and is properly pronounced as Mc fur son, not Mc fear son. The McPhersons say "There is no fear in McPherson". I truly Enjoy and appreciate your work very much. RPG

@lifeonthecivilwarresearchtrail 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the correct pronunciation. Will use it moving forward!