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On the Altar of Freedom : A Black Soldier's title: Civil War Letters From the Front Gooding, James Henry.; Adams, Virginia author: M. publisher: University of Massachusetts Press isbn10 | asin: 0870237454 print isbn13: 9780870237454 ebook isbn13: 9780585139029 language: English Gooding, James Henry,--1837-1864-- Correspondence, United States.--Army.-- Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)--Biography, United States-- subject History--Civil War, 1861-1865-- Participation, Afro-American, Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861- 1865 publication date: 1991 lcc: E513.5 54th .G66 1991eb ddc: 973.7/415/092 Gooding, James Henry,--1837-1864-- Correspondence, United States.--Army.-- Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)--Biography, United States-- subject: History--Civil War, 1861-1865-- Participation, Afro-American, Massachusetts--History--Civil War, 1861- 1865 Page i On the Altar of Freedom Page ii Page iii 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 Page iv 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. Page v For honor, duty, and liberty. James Henry Gooding April 18, 1863
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