The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the RepublicIn 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, Barba |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The World African Americans Made in the Grand Army of the Republic | 13 |
The World Black and White Veterans Made Together | 83 |
Brothers Ever We Shall Be Black and White Comradeship in the GAR | 115 |
The Won Cause A Meaning for Their Suffering | 143 |
All One that Day If Never Again The Final Days of the GAR | 196 |
Other editions - View all
The Won Cause: Black and White Comradeship in the Grand Army of the Republic Barbara A. Gannon No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
African Ameri African American posts African American veterans all-black post Ameri American Civil War argued battle black Americans black and white black members black posts black regiments black soldiers black veterans Carolina City Civil War Memory Cleveland Gazette comradeship Confederate Connecticut Crocker Post described emancipation fight first flag Fort Wagner fought freedom GAR’s Gettysburg Grand Army History honor Iersey Illinois Indiana integrated posts interracial Iohn Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lincoln Lost Cause Maryland Massachusetts membership Memorial Day military national encampment Negro newspaper northern official ofthe Ohio organization parade Pennsylvania pensions Port Hudson post members post’s race racial records reflected reported Republic reunion Robert Gould Shaw sacrifice segregation served Shaw Post slavery slaves South southern suffering Taylor Post Tennessee Thirty-fifth Twenty-fifth Union Union army United University Press USCT wartime Washington Welch Post white Americans white posts white veterans William Woman’s Relief Corps women Won Cause wounded York Age York Freeman