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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.102 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Incomplete letter from Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, contemplating the effects of war |
| Date | 9 March 1864 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | God has carried him through the war thus far. She is going back home. He contemplates the effects of war: "In peace: children bury their parents; in war: parents bury their children." |
| Subjects | Religion Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Religion Women's History Children and Family Death |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Sweetwater, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Religion; 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 |