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Author:

Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.

Title:

Freedom's witness : the Civil War correspondence of Henry McNeal Turner / edited by Jean Lee Cole with a foreword by Aaron Sheehan-Dean.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

West Virginia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Turner, Henry McNeal,--1834-1915--Correspondence.
United States--Chaplains.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Chaplains.
United States.--Army--Chaplains--Correspondence.
African American clergy--Correspondence.
African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy--Correspondence.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
United States--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
Virginia--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Other Authors:

Cole, Jean Lee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Foreword / Aaron Sheehan-Dean -- Introduction: "I have seen war wonders" : The Civil War Correspondence of Henry McNeal Turner -- Emancipation and Enlistment (March 22, 1862-April 18, 1863) -- The Siege of Petersburg (June 25, 1864-December 17, 1864) -- Fort Fisher (Jan. 7, 1865-Feb. 18, 1865) -- Freeing Slaves, Meeting Sherman (Feb, 25, 1865-June 10, 1865) -- Roanoke Island (June 24, 1865-August 5, 1865).

ISBN:

1935978608 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9781935978602 (cloth)
1935978616 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9781935978619 (PB)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)823860706

LCCN:

2012049842

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)