Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize
The Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney Prize is awarded each year to the author of the book that best advances the knowledge of the Civil War's military or political events and the Americans who took part in those events. The prize amount is $2,000. Members of the Austin Civil War Round Table, and all other interested persons, are invited to contribute to the award fund.
The prize continues to honor Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney for their splendid efforts to protect the endangered battlefields of our Civil War. The prize money is directly attributable to the generosity of the Morse Foundation whose many labors on behalf of the Round Table and the preservation of our Civil War battlefields are gratefully acknowledged.
Each year a committee of Austin Civil War Round Table members publicizes
the prize, solicits submissions, and selects the prize winner. The winning
author is invited to appear as a speaker before the Austin Civil War Round
Table.
2014 -- Elizabeth Varon for Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom
2013 -- Dennis Frye for September Suspense: Lincoln's Union in Peril
2012 -- Gary Gallagher for The Union War
2011 -- Ed Bearss and J. Parker Hills for Receding Tide: Vicksburg and Gettysburg
2010 -- Donald S. Frazier for Fire in the Cane Field
2009 -- Craig Symonds for Lincoln and His Admirals
2008 -- Nelson Lankford for Cry Havoc! The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861
2007 -- Will Greene for Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible of War
2006 -- Jeffrey D. Wert for The Sword of Lincoln: The Army of the Potomac
2005 -- Edward T. Cotham for Sabine Pass: The Confederacy's Thermopylae
2004 -- Frank A. O'Reilly for The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock
2003 -- Gordon C. Rhea for Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26-June 3, 1864
2002 -- Richard B. McCaslin for Lee in the Shadow of Washington
2001 -- Richard McMurry for Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederacy
2000 -- Joseph L. Harsh for Taken at the Flood
1999 -- Jeffry Wert for A Brotherhood
of Valor
1998 -- Gary Gallagher for The Confederate
War
1997 -- William C. Davis for The Cause
Lost
1996 -- Dan Sutherland for The Seasons of
War
Battlefield Preservation Efforts
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Winners of the Dan and Marilyn Laney Prize