By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Professor Peter Carmichael, director of the Civil War Institute and professor of history, died on Sunday, July 21, due to complications from a respiratory illness. He was 58.  Carmichael was a historian and Civil War scholar who published numerous works, including his most recent, “The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought and Survived in Civil War Armies.” The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College issued a statement describing Carmichael as a “true visionary,” and characterized him as a generous, charismatic and curious person....