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Won Cause
9781469621999
BK-PB-UNC 21999


The Won Cause examines the post-Civil War experience of African American veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic--the largest veterans group to form after the war. It calls into question much we know about black veterans and their postwar experiences. According to the conventional view, the interests of African American veterans weren’t defended by white Union veterans after the war, despite the shared tradition of sacrifice among soldiers. Existing accounts of the GAR emphasize segregated posts and leadership to help explain why black veterans had to struggle to obtain their share of postwar benefits. Gannon’s study challenges this and argues that although black veterans still suffered under the contemporary racial mores, the GAR in fact did honor its black members in many instances and ascribed them a greater equality than previous studies have shown. In fact, the GAR upheld a more inclusive memory of a war fought for liberty as well as union that challenged the Lost Cause construction. 



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