Gallagher, Gary W(illiam)

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GALLAGHER, Gary W(illiam)

GALLAGHER, Gary W(illiam). American, b. 1950. Genres: History. Career: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC, archivist at Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, 1977-86; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, assistant professor, 1986-89, associate professor, 1989-91, professor of history, 1991-98, head of department, 1991-95; University of Virginia, professor of history, 1998-99, John L. Nau Professor of History, 1999-. University of Texas at Austin, visiting lecturer, spring, 1986. Penn State/Mont Alto Annual Conferences on the Civil War, academic coordinator, 1987-; American Battlefield Protection Foundation, member of board of trustees, 1991-. Publications: Stephen Dodson Ramseur: Lee's Gallant General, 1985; (ed.) Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander, 1989; (ed. and contrib.) Lee the Soldier, 1996; The Confederate War, 1997; Lee and His Generals in War and Memory, 1998; Lee and His Army in Confederate History, 2001. Address: Dept of History, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, U.S.A.