Anne J. Bailey Dissertation PrizeThe 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. Cooper H. Wingert wins the 2026 Anne J. Bailey Dissertation PrizeCooper H. Wingert, Assistant Professor of History at Fordham University, is the winner of the 2026 Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize. Dr. Wingert's dissertation, "Union Provost Marshals and the Process of Wartime Emancipation During the U.S. Civil War," was defended at Georgetown in 2025 under the direction of Chandra Manning.
J. Jacob Calhoun Receives Honorable MentionJ. Jacob Calhoun's dissertation, "Reconstruction through Rifles: The Role of Violence in Black Americans’ Fight for Liberty in the Postemancipation Era” was defended at the University of Virginia in 2024 under the direction of Justene Hill Edwards. Previous Anne J. Bailey Dissertation Prize Winners:2024: Patrick Brown, "Architects of Civil War Homecoming: Northern Relief Workers and Returning Union Veterans" (Boston University) 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)
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