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Can't say that I have.  When it comes to the Civil War, I prefer to stick to McPherson, Foote, and Catton.

McPherson is horribly biased and one sided. I would recommend staying away from him if you want any accurate history.

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Can't say that I have.  When it comes to the Civil War, I prefer to stick to McPherson, Foote, and Catton.

McPherson is horribly biased and one sided. I would recommend staying away from him if you want any accurate history.

In what way do you consider him biased?  It's been a while since I read Battle Cry of Freedom but I don't recall anything that triggered my bias alarm in any direction, something that happens with reasonable frequency when I read history.

Look at his activities outside his writings. He has appeared on Democracy Now! and has condemned the UDC, SCV and even the Museum of the Confederacy.

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Can't say that I have.  When it comes to the Civil War, I prefer to stick to McPherson, Foote, and Catton.

McPherson is horribly biased and one sided. I would recommend staying away from him if you want any accurate history.

In what way do you consider him biased?  It's been a while since I read Battle Cry of Freedom but I don't recall anything that triggered my bias alarm in any direction, something that happens with reasonable frequency when I read history.

Look at his activities outside his writings. He has appeared on Democracy Now! and has condemned the UDC, SCV and even the Museum of the Confederacy.

Actually he praised the Museum of the Confederacy in the radio interview that was the impetus of the controversy between him and the SCV and UDC, tho he did have some less than charitible things to say about some of the sponsors of the Museum.  As for the SCV and the UDC, I feel they turn a willful blind eye to the racists within their ranks.  That neglect is what has done the most harm to their stated and honorable purposes, and what leads many others in reaction to be so stridently anti-Confederate in response.  It is unfortunate that racists have enveloped themselves in the symbols of the Confederacy, but it is a fact that cannot be dealt with by ignoring it as the SCV and the UDC try to do.

I would disagree with you on what you've said about the UDC and SCV. I know many many dozens of members of both organizations and my wife is a second vice president in a chapter. The UDC and SCV are not in control of ever single chapter (many hundred) in the nation and overseas. The chapters around here that I know of DO however condemn racism and such nonsense and I know of several members of the SCV that were expelled from the organization after being found out as holding very racist views.