...McPherson is a good historian - a good Yankee historian. He can't help the fact that he is born raised and educated in the North.
Well, he was born in North Dakota, he's never written a book about the Northeastern states, and he was never a Union soldier. So what's this about him being a "Yankee" author?
Let me guess. Any author who simply espouses the well-documented and much-accounted history that the CW was caused by Slavery will be called a "Yankee." Catton too, right?
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