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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.059 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, writing that they have taken 200 prisoners from Bragg's army |
| Date | 11 July 1863 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | They took 200 prisoners from Bragg's army and Grant took 200,000 at Vicksburg. He believes Banks will be "good for port Hudson." Meade defeated Lee at Gettysburg and Lee is retreating with a loss of 30,000 men. "There is no doubt but that lee's hole armey will be captured." General Morgan has crossed the Ohio River into Indiana and Jones thinks he will be captured. |
| Subjects | Prisoner of War Battle of Gettysburg Union General Confederate General or Leader Death Injury or Wound Confederate States of America |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) Bragg, Braxton (1817-1876) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872) Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) (1807-1870) Morgan, John Hunt (1825-1864) |
| Place written | Tullahoma, 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 |