James McPherson, one of the nation’s leading Civil War historians, will speak at the College of Charleston this week as part of the “Civil War — Global Conflict” conference.
McPherson, author of the Pulitzer-winning “Battle Cry of Freedom,” will speak at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Stern Center Ballroom on “Ethnic Nationalism in the Confederacy.”
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