Bibliograph

Private no more, the Civil War letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry, edited by Sharon A. Roger Hepburn

Type

Label

Private no more, the Civil War letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry, edited by Sharon A. Roger Hepburn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Private no more

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1335540895

Responsibility statement

edited by Sharon A. Roger Hepburn

Series statement

New perspectives on the Civil War era

Sub title

the Civil War letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry

Summary

"Private no More: The Civil War Letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry is a collection of letters written by and for John Lovejoy Murray, a private in Company E., 102nd E USCI, during the course of the Civil War. The letters, discovered by Murray's mother within the pages of a pension file, reveal the experience of the war through the eyes of a literate northern black soldier. Unlike many of the discovered letters from literate black soldiers during the war, the Murray letters were not written for public audiences such as black abolitionist newspapers. The letters reveal intimate reflections on family, friends, and community during the course of the War. The book shares these letters and the story of John Lovejoy Murray to provide insight on a relatively undocumented experience in Civil War scholarship"--, Provided by publisher

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