J Matthew Gallman

Biographic Data

ID3952771
NAMEJ Matthew Gallman
GIVEN NAMESJ Matthew
FAMILY NAMEGallman
SIGNATUREGALLMAN J M
AFFILIATIONSLoyola University Maryland
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS31
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT31
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Toward a More Perfect Union

    Open AccessJ Matthew GallmanARTICLEJournal of American History2024

  • The Cacophony of Politics

    J Matthew GallmanBOOKCacophony of Politics2021

  • Congress at War

    J Matthew GallmanARTICLEThe Journal of the Civil War Era2020

    Reviewed by: Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America by Fergus M. Bordewich, and: Ending the Civil War and Consequences for Congress ed. by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon J. Matthew Gallman (bio) Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America. By Fergus M. Bordewich. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. Pp…

  • William Marvel. Lincoln’s Mercenaries

    Open AccessJ Matthew GallmanARTICLEThe American Historical Review2020

    In his prizewinning For Cause and Comrades (1997), James M. McPherson examined the personal papers of white Union soldiers and concluded that a large portion had been motivated by patriotism and ideology. William Marvel challenges the notion that Civil War soldiers followed such convictions. They were mercenaries. Lincoln’s Mercenaries: Economic Motivation among Union Soldiers during the Civil War takes two major positions. Marvel argues that Uni…

  • Contested Loyalty

    Open AccessJ Matthew GallmanARTICLEJournal of American History2020

  • With Malice toward Some

    J Matthew GallmanARTICLEJournal of American History2015Cited by: 1

    Journal Article With Malice toward Some: Treason and Loyalty in the Civil War Era Get access William A. Blair. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. 419 pp. $40.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 101, Issue 4, March 2015, Pages 1223–1225, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jav050 Published: 01 March 2015

  • Steven J. Ramold. Across the Divide

    J Matthew GallmanARTICLEThe American Historical Review2014

    Soldiers' letters are one of the richest bodies of material available to historians of the U.S. Civil War. During those four years, ordinary Americans in uniform sent home long missives dense with details about the life of the soldier. Researchers who wade into these sources are rewarded with commentary about camp life, battles, and camaraderie, and about fear, boredom, and despair. Soldiers shared their opinions on everything from politics, to r…

  • Snapshots

    J Matthew GallmanARTICLEAmerican Nineteenth Century History2012

    This article considers the intertwined impact of two very different developments that emerged during the era of the American Civil War. The first concerned the invention and dissemination of new photographic technology that made it possible for ordinary citizens to sit for portraits and come away with multiple copies of new cartes de visite. The second concerned the revolutionary decision by the federal government to recruit African American men …

  • Urban History and the American Civil War

    Open AccessJ Matthew GallmanARTICLEJournal of Urban History2006

  • The Civil War Chronicle

    Thomas A DeBlack, J Matthew Gallman et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2002

  • Civil War Sisterhood

    J Matthew Gallman, Judith Giesberg et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    Journal Article Civil War Sisterhood: The U.S. Sanitary Commission and Women's Politics in Transition. By Judith Ann Giesberg. (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2000. xiv, 239 pp. $40.00, ISBN 1-55553-434-1.) Get access J. Matthew Gallman J. Matthew Gallman Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 1, June 2001, Pages 20…

  • Receiving Erin's Children

    Howard P Chudacoff, J Matthew GallmanARTICLEJournal of American History2001Cited by: 4

    Journal Article Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish Famine Migration, 1845–1855. By J. Matthew Gallman. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xiv, 306 pp. Cloth, $55.00, ISBN 0-8078-2534-4. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8078-4845-X.) Get access Howard P. Chudacoff Howard P. Chudacoff Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal o…

  • Cause for Alarm

    J Matthew Gallman, Amy S GreenbergARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic2000

  • Writing the Civil War

    J Matthew Gallman, James M Mcpherson et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand. Ed. by James M. McPherson and William J. Cooper Jr., Virginia's Private War: Feeding Body and Soul in the Confederacy, 1861–1865. By William Blair, Lincolns Men: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation. and The Battle of Glorieta: Union Victory in the West. Get access J. Matthew Gallman J. Matthew Gallman Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Search for oth…

  • Richard S. Ewell

    J Matthew Gallman, Donald C Pfanz et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1999

    Journal Article Richard S. Ewell: A Soldier's Life. By Donald C. Pfanz. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, Letters of a Civil War Nurse: Cornelia Hancock, 1863–1865. Ed. by Henrietta Stratum Jaquette. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press and Freedom's Soldiers: The Black Military Experience in the Civil War. Ed. by Ira Berlin, Joseph P. Reidy, and Leslie S. Rowland. New York: Cambridge University Press Get access J. Matthew Gallman…

  • The North Fights the Civil War

    Robin L Einhorn, J Matthew GallmanARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1996

  • His Soul Goes Marching On

    J Matthew Gallman, Paul FinkelmanARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article His Soul Goes Marching On: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid. Ed. by Paul Finkelman. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995. xii, 354 pp. Cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-8139-1536-8. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8139-1537-6.) Get access J. Matthew Gallman J. Matthew Gallman Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume …

  • The North Fights the Civil War

    Theodore J Karamanski, J Matthew GallmanARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article The North Fights the Civil War: The Home Front. By J. Matthew Gallman. (Chicago: Dee, 1994. xii, 211 pp. $22.50, ISBN 1-56663-049-5.) Get access Theodore J. Karamanski Theodore J. Karamanski Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 1, June 1995, Page 252, https://doi.org/10.2307/2082022 Published: 01 June 1995

  • The Civil War and the Quest for Originality

    Albert Castel, J Matthew Gallman et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1994

  • The Vacant Chair

    J Matthew Gallman, Reid MitchellARTICLEJournal of American History1994

    Journal Article The Vacant Chair: The Northern Soldier Leaves Home. By Reid Mitchell. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. xiv, 201 pp. $25.00. ISBN 0-19-507893-4.) Get access J. Matthew Gallman J. Matthew Gallman Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 3, December 1994, Pages 1319–1320, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081534 Published…

  • Rally 'Round the Flag

    J Matthew Gallman, Theodore J KaramanskiARTICLEJournal of American History1994

    Journal Article Rally 'Round the Flag: Chicago and the Civil War. By Theodore J. Karamanski. (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1993. xiv, 292 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-8304-1295-6.) Get access J. Matthew Gallman J. Matthew Gallman Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, June 1994, Pages 282–283, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081073 Published: 01 June 19…

  • Mastering Wartime

    Daniel I Greenstein, Daniel Greenstein et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1992

  • Mastering Wartime

    Iver Bernstein, J Matthew GallmanARTICLEThe American Historical Review1991

  • War is Heck, or, on the Whole, I'd Rather be in Philadelphia

    Hal S Barron, J Matthew GallmanARTICLEReviews in American History1991

  • Mastering Wartime

    William W Cutler, J Matthew GallmanARTICLEJournal of American History1991

    Journal Article Mastering Wartime: A Social History of Philadelphia during the Civil War. By J. Matthew Gallman. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xiv + 354 pp. $49.50.) Get access William W. Cutler, III William W. Cutler, III Temple University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 336–337, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078171 Published: 01…