Peter S. Carmichael (February 23, 1966 – July 21, 2024) was an American historian at

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who served as Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. His research and teaching focused on the

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, the

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and

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Background

Carmichael received his B.A. from

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) was a public university from 1969 to 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was a collaboration between Indiana University and Purdue University system, Purdue University, of ...

in 1988 and completed his graduate work under Gary Gallagher at

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, where he received his PhD in 1996.

Career

Carmichael began his academic career at

Western Carolina University Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the University of North Carolina system. The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU ...

in 1997. He was the first Scholar-in-Residence at

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in 1999. He went on to teach at

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and

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Ins ...

before coming to

as Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College in 2010. When he took charge of the Civil War Institute, Carmichael sought to create more intimate environments during the Institute's annual summer conference, attended by over 200 people each year, to allow scholars to work with the public in smaller settings. Carmichael also served on the Board of Directors and the Historians' Council of the Gettysburg Foundation, the non-profit partner of

. He was reappointed a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians for 2017–2018. Carmichael was co-editor of the Civil War America series from

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Death

Carmichael died on July 21, 2024, at the age of 58.

Bibliography

*''The Purcell, Crenshaw & Letcher Artillery''. Lynchburg: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1991. *''Lee's Young Artillerist: William R.J. Pegram''. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1995. *''Audacity Personified: The Generalship of Robert E. Lee'' (editor). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. *''The Last Generation: Young Virginians in Peace, War, and Reunion''. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2009. *''The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies''. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2018.

References

External links

Carmichael at the Civil War Institute
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