
General James Birdseye McPherson's Surname?
The McPherson family name, how do you say it? McFEARson or McFURson? Well, that is the question? Many claim that it is McFURson, but still others say McFEARson. Throughout the years there has been debate among some people of the correct pronunciation. After a long debate by some professionals in the Washington DC area, Dr. Richard Sommers, the leading Civil War expert at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania was asked for the final word on the General's name. He