Gary W. Gallagher

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Gary William Gallagher
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Born (1950-10-08) October 8, 1950 (age 74)
Alma mater Adams State College (B.A.)
University of Texas at Austin (M.A., Ph.D.)
OccupationHistorian
Employer University of Virginia
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Gary William Gallagher (born October 8, 1950) is an American historian specializing in the history of the American Civil War. Gallagher in 2024 was the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia. [3] He produced a lecture series on the American Civil War for The Great Courses lecture series.

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Life and career

Gallagher received a Bachelor of Arts from Adams State College in 1972. He then did graduate study in history at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving a Master of Arts in 1977 and a Ph.D. in 1982. He was a professor of history at Pennsylvania State University from 1986 to 1998, when he joined the faculty at the University of Virginia.

He is the presenter of a series entitled The American Civil War. These lectures are available in video from The Great Courses. They are also available in audio only format on Audible. He both wrote and presented the lecture series as part of The Great Courses. The series has 48 lectures, 30 minutes each, with 24 hours of lectures in total.

In 2021, Gallagher received The Lincoln Forum's Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement. [4]

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References

  1. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. "Gary W. Gallagher, Historian, Author, Educator". American Battlefield Trust . Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. "Gary W. Gallagher". Corcoran Department of History. University of Virginia. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  4. The Lincoln Forum
  5. Rable, George C. (2016). "The American War: A History of the Civil War Era by Gary W. Gallagher, Joan Waugh". The Journal of the Civil War Era. 6 (4): 622–624. doi:10.1353/cwe.2016.0086. ISSN   2159-9807. S2CID   164493994.
  6. Grant, Susan-Mary (2011). "The Union War (review)". Register of the Kentucky Historical Society . 109 (2): 248–250. doi:10.1353/khs.2011.0104. ISSN   2161-0355. S2CID   153903422.