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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.103 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, stating that he was detailed as a Provo guard and sent to protect the Roberts |
| Date | 9 March 1864 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He was detailed as a Provo guard and sent to protect the Roberts, a slaveholding Confederate family, from being robbed. The women there do no work and he credits their intelligence to the luxury of time to study. He has a room to himself but has requested to return to camp. He compares the Confederates to the Copperheads: "there is no reason in them." |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Confederate States of America Slavery African American History Women's History Crime Education Military Camp Copperheads |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Sweetwater, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; Education; African Americans |
| 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 |