The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic
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Dr. Barbara Gannon received the Wiley-Silver Prize for her book, The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic. Her book explores the role of comradeship in fostering interracial cooperation in the GAR. Their sense of camaraderie, she says, was strong enough to overcome racism and even facilitated the creation of a new, interracial Civil War memory in opposition to the Lost Cause—the “Won Cause.” Together, black and white veterans came to remember the Civil War as a war not only for the Union, but for emancipation as well. Gannon received her doctorate from Penn State in 2005 and is currently an assistant professor of history at the University of Central Florida.
Publication Date
10-1-2012
Relational Format
Book
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Recommended Citation
Gannon, Barbara, "The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic" (2012). Wiley-Silver Prize. 12.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/wiley-silver/12
