Gary Gallagher – "Was Reconstruction a Lost Moment?"

"Was Reconstruction a Lost Moment? Understanding the Connection Between Union War Aims and Postwar Realities"

Gary Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia and the Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History. He is one of the very best of the many excellent historians who specialize in the Civil War period. He is the author of many books, including The Union War (2011), The Confederate War (1997), Lee and His Army in Confederate History (1998), and Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War (2008). With UCLA’s Joan Waugh, Gallagher organizes the excellent periodic conferences on the Civil War at the Huntington Museum. Among his many awards and honors, he served as the president of the Civil War Society of Historians from 2000-2004.

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