| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Civil War America
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Civil War America (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The only association where black men and white men mingle on a foot of equality -- Comradeship tried : the GAR in the South -- The African American post -- The black GAR circle -- Heirs of these dead heroes : African Americans and the battle for memory -- Memorial Day in black and white -- Where separate Grand Army posts are unknown, as colored and white are united : the integrated post -- Community, memory, and the integrated post -- Comrades bound by memories many -- And if spared and growing older -- Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable : what they remembered they won -- The won cause at century's end -- A story of a slaveholding society that became a servant of freedom : the won cause in the twentieth century -- Epilogue: all one that day if never again : the final days of the GAR -- Appendix 1: African American GAR posts -- Appendix 2: Integrated GAR posts. |
| Summary |
In this thoroughly researched and groundbreaking study, Gannon chronicles black and white veterans' efforts to create and sustain the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)--the Union army's largest veterans' organization and the nation's first interracial organization. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grand Army of the Republic -- History.
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Grand Army of the Republic. |
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History. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gannon, Barbara A. Won cause. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011 9780807834527 (DLC) 2010045628 (OCoLC)668197670 |
| ISBN |
9780807877708 (electronic book) |
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0807877700 (electronic book) |
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9781469603124 (electronic book) |
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1469603128 (electronic book) |
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9780807834527 |
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0807834521 |
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