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Here is a vivid, unforgettable portrait of the Civil War as seen through the eloquent letters written by a black soldier in the Massachusetts 54th Regiment--the renowned regiment featured in the highly-acclaimed movie Glory. Goodings shrewd, witty and opinionated observations of military life and the conduct of war is irresistible.
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On the Altar of Freedom : A Black Soldier's Civil War Letters From the Front
author
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Gooding, James Henry.; Adams, Virginia M.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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0870237454
print isbn13
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9780870237454
ebook isbn13
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9780585139029
language
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English
subject
Gooding, James Henry,--1837-1864--Correspondence, United States.--Army.--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Afro-American, Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
publication date
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1991
lcc
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E513.5 54th .G66 1991eb
ddc
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973.7/415/092
subject
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Gooding, James Henry,--1837-1864--Correspondence, United States.--Army.--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Afro-American, Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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On the Altar of Freedom
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On the Altar of Freedom
A Black Soldier's Civil War Letters from the Front
Corporal James Henry Gooding Edited by Virginia Matzke Adams
Foreword by James M. McPherson
The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst
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This book is published with the support and cooperation of the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
Copyright 1991 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 9139 ISBN 0870237454 Set in Century Expanded Printed and bound by ThomsonShore
Frontispiece. Study for head of a black soldier by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Courtesy, Saint-Gaudens National Historical Site and Sidney Kaplan.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gooding, James Henry, 18371864. 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. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0870237454 (alk. paper) 1. Gooding, James Henry, 18371864 Correspondence. 2. United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (18631865)Biography. 3. United StatesHistoryCivil War, 18611865 Participation, Afro-American. 4. MassachusettsHistoryCivil War, 18611865Participation, Afro-American. 5. Afro-AmericansMassachusettsNew BedfordCorrespondence. 6. Soldiers MassachusettsNew Bedford Correspondence. 7. New Bedford (Mass.) Biography. I. Adams, Virginia M. II. Title E513.5 54th .G66 1991 973. 7'415'092dc20 [B]9139 [92]CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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For honor, duty, and liberty.
James Henry Gooding April 18, 1863
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Contents
Illustrations
ix
Foreword by James M. McPherson
xi
Introduction by Virginia Matzke Adams
xv
1 Looking Quite Like Soldiers
3
2 A First Class Regiment
25
3 Something Stirring to Record
34
4 Yankee Pandemonium
44
5 A Monotonous State of Affairs
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6 Sumter Still Holds Out
76
7 Waiting Till Something Turns Up
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8 I Am Pained to Inform You
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Appendix A Correspondence on the Issue of Equal Pay
117
Appendix B Six Poems Composed at Sea by Henry Gooding
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