Hey....I know. I have plenty of acquaintances that are liberals....my own mom is anti-anti-abortion (I can't bring myself to call it "choice")....we all have to fraternize with the enemy to some degree.
McPherson simply came to mind because he has been touted by South bashers and ravaged by heritage defenders and he keeps some pretty poor company at times...(excluding you of course).
There was a thread on here today whereby most history professors who answered a poll identified themselves as liberals....I think at Cornell it was 100%,
When I was at Ole Miss, history and even Poli Sci was fairly conservative....25 years ago.
Shame.
Finally got to go home. The books I spoke of are:
The Battle of Franklin by Jacob Cox
Embrace An Angry Wind by Wiley Sword
Hood's Campaign For Tennessee By William R. Scaife (This is the book that has map overlays)
In Deadly Earnest The Missouri Brigade by Phil Gottschalk
Pat Cleburne Confederate General by Howell and Elizabeth Purdue
Tennessee's Forgotten Warriors, Frank Cheatham and his Confederate Division by Christopher Lesson
I highly recommend these for a clearer understanding of the Battle of Franklin. The Missouri Brigade book brings the understanding of the carnage down to the brigade level as does the book on Cheatham. Sword left out the Missouri Brigade in his book and I think it was a serious omission but the book is really good (I couldn't write one for sure).