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Gooding, James Henry; Edited by Virginia M. Adams; Foreword by James M. McPherson
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Language: English
Published by University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, 1991
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Octavo. xxxvii, 139 pages, indexed. Soft cover bound in white and sepia pictorial wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within.
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- Title
- On the Altar of Freedom: A Black Soldier's Civil War Letters from the Front
- Author
- Gooding, James Henry; Edited by Virginia M. Adams; Foreword by James M. McPherson
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 155849202X
- ISBN 13
- 9781558492028
- Item weight
- 1.5 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- African-American, Civil War
The letters featured in this book were sent by Corporal James Henry Gooding, a member of Company C., of the 54th Massachusetts regiment. They were sent to the New Bedford (Massachusetts) ""Mercury"" and published. He was described as a ""truthful and intelligent correspondent, and a good soldier"".
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About the Author
Virginia M. Adams is librarian emerita of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society's Whaling Museum Library in New Bedford.
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