Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson
Born: November 14, 1928
Clyde, Ohio
Died: July 22, 1864
Atlanta, Georgia
1853: West Point Graduate
1853: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant
1861: Captain
Lieutenant Colonel
April 1862: Brigadier General
October 8, 1862: Major General
General James B. McPherson
Photographed by Mathew Brady
1853: West Point Graduate - 1st in his class
1853: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant - assistant instructor of practical engineering at the academy
1854-1857: Assistant Engineer on defenses of New York Harbor and improvements of Hudson River
1857: Superintendent of building of Fort Delaware
1857-1861: Superintendent engineer of the construction of the defenses of Alcatraz Island, San Fransisco
1861: Requested a position on the staff of Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck. He received the assignment while a Captain and was sent to St. Louis
November 1861: Was appointed to command the Department of the West
November 1861: Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
February 6, 1862: Battle of Fort Henry
February 14th-16th, 1862: Battle of Fort Donelson
April 6-7, 1862: Battle of Shiloh
Received command of XVII Corps in Grant's Army of the Tennessee
September 1862: Received a position on the staff of General Grant
October 8, 1862: Promoted to Major General
May 1, 1863: Battle of Port Gibson
May 12, 1863: Battle of Raymond
March 12, 1864: Received command of the Army of Tennessee
McPherson's army was the Right Wing of Sherman's Army
May 13-15, 1864: Battle of Resaca
June 27, 1864: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
July 20, 1864: Battle of Peachtree Creek
July 22, 1864: Killed by Confederate skirmishers
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 538
James B. McPherson. 5 January 2021. web. 3 May 2021
Warner, Ezra J. Union Commanders Lives of the Union Commander. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 306-308