Record Group 42: Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, 1790 - 1992 Series: Records Relating to the Construction of the Pedestal for the Statue of General James B. McPherson, 1875 - 1876

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Record Group 42: Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, 1790 - 1992 Series: Records Relating to the Construction of the Pedestal for the Statue of General James B. McPherson, 1875 - 1876

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McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

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McPherson was born in Clyde, Ohio. He attended Norwalk Academy in Norwalk, Ohio, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1853, first in his class, which included Philip H. Sheridan, John M. Schofield, and John Bell Hood; Hood would oppose him later in the Western Theater. McPherson was directly appointed to the Corps of Engineers with the rank of brevet second lieutenant. For a year after his graduation he was assistant instructor of practical engineering at the Mi...