Author:
Murray, John Lovejoy, approximately 1830-1864 or 1865, author
ImprintAthens : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]
Descriptionviii, 149 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141) and index.
Note:"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.
