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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.038 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, recalling a difficult battle, where Confederates were killed |
| Date | 24 February 1863 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | There was a very difficult battle but his regiment killed more Confederates than any other. If those she sells crops to will not "take Uncle Sam's money at ful face let them go without it for I don't want to serve in their place and then them not take such money as I get." |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Military Substitute Coins and Currency Finance Death Battle Confederate States of America Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro) |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; 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 |