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Author Murray, John Lovejoy, approximately 1830-1864 or 1865, author.

Title Private no more : the Civil War letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry / edited by Sharon A. Roger Hepburn
Published Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 149 pages) : illustrations, map
Series New perspectives on the Civil War era
New Perspectives on the Civil War Era.
Contents January-June 1864 -- July-August 1864 -- September-October 1864 -- November-December 1864 -- January-March 1865
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Project MUSE platform, viewed July 5, 2023)
Subject Murray, John Lovejoy, approximately 1830-1864 or 1865 -- Correspondence
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 102nd (1863-1865) -- Biography
SUBJECT United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 102nd (1863-1865) fast
Subject African American soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
Free Black people -- New York (State) -- Lockport -- Biography
Regimental histories
Free Black people
African American soldiers
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267
Subject United States
New York (State) -- Lockport
Genre/Form personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Correspondance privée.
Form Electronic book
Author Hepburn, Sharon A. Roger, 1966- editor.
ISBN 9780820363561
0820363561
9780820363462
0820363464