LEADER 03516nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910461755203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0312-8 010 $a1-4696-0378-0 010 $a0-8078-7770-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000088812 035 $a(EBL)690708 035 $a(OCoLC)729253192 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000526662 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11370788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526662 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10521036 035 $a(PQKB)10176891 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245491 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC690708 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23390 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5888386 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL690708 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468955 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930756 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000088812 100 $a20101102d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe won cause$b[electronic resource] $eblack and white comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic /$fBarbara A. Gannon 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 1 $aSteven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-2199-1 311 $a0-8078-3452-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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 posts -- Appendix 2: Integrated posts. 330 $aIn the years after the Civil War, black and white Union soldiers who survived the horrific struggle joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)--the Union army's largest veterans' organization. In this thoroughly researched and groundbreaking study, Barbara Gannon chronicles black and white veterans' efforts to create and sustain the nation's first interracial organization. According to the conventional view, the freedoms and interests of African American veterans were not defended by white Union veterans after the war, despite the shared tradition of sacrifice among both black and whi 410 0$aSteven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era. 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xVeterans 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xSocieties, etc 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a369/.15 700 $aGannon$b Barbara A$01026922 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461755203321 996 $aThe won cause$92442102 997 $aUNINA