New Testament

Name/Title

New Testament

Entry/Object ID

LIB1682

Description

New Testament belonging to Edward Odell Morgan, an African American from Jefferson County who served in World War I. Stamped along lower edge: "ARMY AND NAVY". Book is framed in a shadowbox, along with a handwritten note: "Mr. Edward O. Morgan 48th Co. 19th training battalion 158th Depot brigade Camp Sherman. Ohio." Mr. Morgan was in Company K, 372d Infantry, 93d Division (the Red Hand Division), American Expeditionary Forces.

Acquisition

Accession

607

Source or Donor

Tolbert, Edward Dabney family

Acquisition Method

Gift