J. Matthew Gallman, also known as Matt Gallman, is an American educator and author of books about nineteenth-century history, particularly relating to the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by state ...

Education

Gallman received his bachelor's degree from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

in 1979 and his Ph.D. in American History from

Brandeis University Brandeis University is a Private university, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian, non-sectarian, coeducational institution sponsored by the Jews, Jewish community, Brandeis was established on t ...

in 1986.

Career

Educator

He was an assistant professor of history at

Loyola University Maryland Loyola University Maryland is a private Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852, it is the ninth-oldest Jesuit college in the ...

beginning in 1986. He became an associate professor in 1980 and was made a professor in 1996. From 1998 to 2003, he was a Henry R. Luce professor of the Civil War Era at

Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1832, the campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women ...

. From 2002 to 2003, he was a Ray Allen Billington visiting professor at

Occidental College Occidental College (informally Oxy) is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887 as a coeducational college by clergy and members of the Presbyterian Church, it became non-sectarian in 1910. It is one of the oldes ...

. Since 2003, Gallman has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Florida Department of History. He has taught courses about the

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era, 19th-century America, and American women's history.

Author and editor

He is a book author, including ''Mastering Wartime: A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil War'' (1990); ''The North Fights the Civil War: The Home Front'' (1994); and ''Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845-1855'' (2000). He wrote ''America's Joan of Arc'' (2006), about the life of

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (October 28, 1842October 22, 1932) was an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, Dickinson was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Co ...

, such as the role she played during the Civil War as a successful lecturer for abolition of slavery and against anti-war Democrats, as well as the obstacles faced by women during the 19th century. He was the first book prize winner in 2016 of the Bobbie and John Nau Book Prize in American Civil War Era History at University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for his book ''Defining Duty in the Civil War''. He also won the Florida Book Awards silver medal for general non-fiction that year. According to ''The American Historical Review'', the book states that the "fuel" for the war was the "printed advice patriotic northerners sought and received during the American Civil War". '' Brandeis Magazine'' said that the book "gauge ordinary people's fears, hopes and preoccupations during the war. A fascinating look at what the folks back home were really talking about, from cheaply made Union uniforms, to draft dodgers, to the "appropriateness" of black regiments." He edited the ''Civil War Chronicle'', which provides a chronological account of the political and military events of the war, including writings of

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

, and he co-edited with Gary Gallagher ''Lens of War'', a book of essays by prominent historians about how—personally, professionally or scholarly—they were affected by a favorite Civil War photograph. He wrote the foreword for ''African American Faces of the Civil War'' (2012) by Ronald S. Coddington. Gallman has written other books, contributed to the ''Journal of Urban History'', and books about history, particularly about the Civil War.

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