Dr. Gallagher is the John L. Nau II Professor in the History of the American Civil War at Virginia.  He is a specialist on Jubal A. Early,  Loreta Velazquez’s nemesis, on Civil War military history, and on the memory of the Civil War.  He’s authored or co-authored more than 20 books including Lee and His Army in Confederate History(2001), The American Civil War:  The War in the East, 1861-May 1863 (2000), Jubal A. Early, the Lost Cause, and Civil War History (2005), and The Union War (2011).