Gary W. Gallagher
Gary William Gallagher 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. He produced a lecture series on the American Civil War for The Great Courses lecture series.
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.
Works
Authored Books
The Enduring Civil War: Reflections on the Great American Crisis. LSU Press. 2022.- with Joan Waugh: The American War: A History of the Civil War Era. State College, Pennsylvania: Spielvogel Books, 2015
- ' Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2013.
- ' Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011.
- . Chapel Hill: University of [North Carolina Press], 2008.
- '. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001.
- . Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2000.
- ' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998.
- Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1997.
- Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985.
Edited books
Lee, The Soldier. University of Nebraska Press. 1996.- with Alan T. Nolan: The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. The University of North Carolina Press. 2009.