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Collection Reference Number GLC02739.053
From Archive Folder Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry 
Title Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, complaining of a pain in his head, in addition to informing that he will be with the regiment soon
Date 7 June 1863
Author Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865)  
Recipient Jones, Nancy E.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description He has terrible pain in his head and had a tooth removed. He is still with the battery but will be with the regiment soon. "A man cannot git a discharge here until he is four days dead if he wanted it ever so bad."
Subjects Soldier's Letter  Civil War  Military History  Union Soldier's Letter  Infantry  Union Forces  Health and Medical  
People Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865)  
Place written Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Theme The American Civil War; Health & Medicine
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