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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.121 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, recalling almost daily engagements with the enemy |
| Date | 20 June 1864 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Almost daily engagements with the enemy; list of corps commanders, citing Gen. "Howart" (Oliver Otis Howard) as his favorite; relates a story about Gen. Howard's exchange with a soldier about removing the body of a wounded man from the field. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Battle Union General Health and Medical Injury or Wound |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909) |
| Place written | Lost Mountain, Georgia |
| 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 |