On the altar of freedom : a black soldier's Civil War letters from the front / James Henry Gooding ; edited by Virginia Matzke Adams ; foreword by James M. McPherson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, �1991.Description: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 139 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585139024
- 9780585139029
- 9781122055420
- 1122055420
- Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864 -- Correspondence
- United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) -- Biography
- Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864
- United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
- Schwarze
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
- Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
- African Americans -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Correspondence
- Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Correspondence
- New Bedford (Mass.) -- Biography
- HISTORY -- Essays
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY
- HISTORY -- Reference
- HISTORY -- Social History
- HISTORY -- Civilization
- African Americans
- Military participation -- African American
- Soldiers
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts -- New Bedford
- United States
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- Soldat
- Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
- Quelle
- USA -- Nordstaaten
- Schwarze
- American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
- 1861-1865
- 973.7/415/092 B 92 20
- E513.5 54th .G66 1991eb
- 15.85
- NP 6010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Our correspondent, 'J.H.G., ' is a member of Co. C., of the 54th Massachusetts regiment. He is a colored man belonging to this city, and his letters are printed by us, verbatim et literatim, as we receive them. He is a truthful and intelligent correspondent, and a good soldier."--The Editors, New Bedford (Massachusetts) Mercury, August 1863.
Print version record.
Looking quite like soldiers -- A first class regiment -- Something stirring to record -- Yankee pandemonium -- A monotonous state of affairs -- Sumter still holds out -- Waiting till something turns up -- I am pained to inform you -- Appendix A: Correspondence in the issue of equal pay -- Appendix B: Six poems composed at sea by Henry Gooding.
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