[3] Since 2003, Gallman has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Florida Department of History.

[4] 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).

[3] He wrote America's Joan of Arc (2006), about the life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, 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.

[7] Brandeis Magazine said that the book "gauge[s] 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.