| Description |
xiv, 282 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 posts -- Appendix 2: Integrated posts. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Grand Army of the Republic -- History.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780807834527 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780807877708 (electronic bk.) |
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