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Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize

The Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize is awarded biennially in even-numbered years to the best dissertation that takes the US Civil War era as its main point of focus. The prize consists of a $2,000 stipend and honors Anne J. Bailey, a scholar of the western theater of the Civil War and long-time officer in the Society of Civil War Historians. The award is presented at the biennial conference of the SCWH.  

 

Patrick Browne wins the 2024 Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize

Patrick Browne, Executive Director of the Plymouth (Massachusetts) Antiquarian Society and former Lecturer in History at Boston University, is the winner of the 2024 Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize. Dr. Browne's dissertation, entitled, "Architects of Civil War Homecoming: Northern Relief Workers and Returning Union Veterans," was praised by the prize committee, for its compelling argument and extensive research. His dissertation focuses on northern civilians and their struggle to aid recently discharged Union soldiers during the thick of wartime crisis and in the years after the war.

 

Stuart Marshall receives an honorable mention for the 2024 Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize

Stuart Marshall received an honorable mention for his dissertation entitled “The Age of Junaluska: Eastern Cherokee Sovereignty in the Long Civil War Era." Dr. Marshall is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Sewanee—The University of the South. Originally from Raleigh, Dr. Marshall completed his Ph.D. at UNC-Greensboro under the direction of Dr. Greg O’Brien. He currently teaches courses on Indigenous history, with several classroom projects developed in collaboration with the National Trail of Tears Association.

 

Previous Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize Winners:

2022: J. Matthew Ward, “Garden of Ruins: Military Occupation and State Power in Civil War Louisiana.” (Louisiana State University)

2021: Jonathan Jones, “Opium Slavery: Veterans and Addiction in the American Civil War Era.” (Binghamton University)

2020: Robert K.D. Colby, “The Continuance of an Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South.” (University of North Carolina)