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The won cause : black and white comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic / Barbara A. Gannon.
| Author/creator | Gannon, Barbara A. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xiv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Civil War America Civil War America (Series) ^A325557 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010045628 |
| ISBN | 9780807834527 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807834521 (cloth : alk. paper) |