A native of Los Angeles, Gary Gallagher  is the author or editor of more than thirty-five books, including The Confederate War (Harvard University Press, 1997),Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know About the Civil War (University of North Carolina Press, 2008),The Union War (Harvard University Press, 2011), and Becoming Confederates: Paths to a New National Loyalty (University of Georgia Press, 2013). In addition to being a member of the Department of History at the University of Virginia, he is the director of the new Nau Center for Civil War History at UVA. Active in the field of historic preservation, he was a founder and president (1987-1994) of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites and a member of the Board of the Civil War Trust, and he has given testimony about preservation before Congressional committees.

Books by Gary Gallager:

The Confederate War

The Union War

Becoming Confederates