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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.104 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, stating that she should feel free to spend money on supplies |
| Date | 15 March 1864 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | William Hickenbothem from his regiment will visit her while on a furlough. She should feel free to spend money on supplies that they need. He will write to those who have found fault with her. He will not reenlist: "one hundred thousand dollars would not hire me again…I will quit the company of men that is worse than dogs and brut[e]s and a life that is harder than death." |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Finance Women's History Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Marriage |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Sweetwater, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History |
| 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 |