Gooding, James Henry,  1837-1864. <br/><br/>
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. 
 - Amherst, Mass. :  University of Massachusetts Press,  �1991. 
 - 1 online resource (xxxvii, 139 pages) :  illustrations, maps 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585139024 9780585139029 9781122055420 1122055420 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864 --Correspondence.<br/>Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864 <br/>Schwarze, ...
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) --Biography.<br/>United States. Army.  Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1861-1865 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Correspondence.<br/>Soldiers--Massachusetts--New Bedford--Correspondence.<br/>HISTORY--Essays.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.<br/>HISTORY.<br/>HISTORY--Reference.<br/>HISTORY--Social History.<br/>HISTORY--Civilization.<br/>African Americans.<br/>Military participation--African American.<br/>Soldiers.<br/>Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.<br/>Soldat<br/>Sezessionskrieg<br/>Quelle
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>Massachusetts--History--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>New Bedford (Mass.)--Biography.<br/>Massachusetts.<br/>Massachusetts--New Bedford.<br/>United States.<br/>USA--Nordstaaten<br/>Schwarze.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.<br/>History.<br/>Personal correspondence.<br/>Brieven (vorm)<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E513.5 54th  / .G66 1991eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/415/092  B  92