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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.025 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, regarding soldiers' pay, and also including an estimate of 200,000 troops yet to fight |
Date | 26 November 1862 |
Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | If they don't get paid soon, he thinks "a good many wil go home and I don't blame them for our soldiers is used worse than a dog." He estimates that there are 200,000 troops around Nashville but they have not fought yet. |
Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Desertion Soldier's Pay Finance |
People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
Place written | Nashville, Tennessee |
Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics |
Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
Civil War: Unit | 79th Regiment illinois Infantry |