Freedom's witness [electronic resource] : the Civil War correspondence of Henry McNeal Turner / edited by Jean Lee Cole with a foreword by Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
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TextPublication details: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2013. 2015)Edition: First EditionDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 271 pages :) illustrationsISBN: - 9781935978954
- 1935978950
- Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915 -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Chaplains
- United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century
- African Methodist Episcopal Church -- Clergy -- Correspondence
- United States. Army -- Chaplains -- Correspondence
- African American clergy -- Correspondence
- 973.7/78092 B 23
- E635 .T87 2013
Includes bibliographical references.
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).
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