AuthorGooding, James Henry, 1837-1864.
TitleOn 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.
PublishedAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1991.
Descriptionxxxvii, 139 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN0-87023-745-4 (alk. paper) : $21.95
Bib. NoteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
SubjectsAfrican Americans -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Correspondence.
Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864 -- Correspondence.
Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
New Bedford (Mass.) -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Correspondence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) -- Biography.
Other AuthorsAdams, Virginia M.
LC Card Number91-39
Call Number/Copies 
 WRHS Research Library: E 513.5 54th G6
mq20332: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING]
[Record 13588]