10 September 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Irregular mail; expecting to leave Atlanta.

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21 September 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Visit to the 57th Indiana volunteers; application for furlough; leaky tents; field chapel.

GLC02739.133

30 September 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Traveling to Bridgeport; disrupted communication with Nashville due to Confederate cavalry; Lincoln/McClellan election; private apology to his wife; surrender of Vicksburg; Lee's retreat.

GLC02739.134

5 October 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Furlough still unapproved; bad weather; Sheridan's success in the Shenandoah Valley.

GLC02739.135

9 October 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Departing for furlough immediately after pay is distributed.

GLC02739.136

9-12 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Journey to rejoin his regiment in Nashville after furlough; Abraham Lincoln's election.

GLC02739.137

13 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Successfully rejoining his regiment after furlough.

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14-16 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Setting up camp near Pulaski; lack of prayer meetings; gambling by fellow soldiers; reduction in ranks.

GLC02739.139

17 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Incessant rain; washing clothes for other soldiers; sanitary rations; encouraging news in the papers.

GLC02739.140

20 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Orders to march in the morning.

GLC02739.141

21 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph note signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Sending his correspondence via William Reedy.

GLC02739.142

22-23 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Cold weather; lice.

GLC02739.143

24 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

March to Columbia.

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24-26 November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Encounter with Confederate cavalry and other artillery fire; new conscripts; anticipating battle with Hood's forces; making breastworks in the middle of the night; defense by African American troops.

GLC02739.145

circa November 1864

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph note signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Private correspondence.

GLC02739.146

8 December 1864

King, David C., fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Informing Jones's wife of his capture during a battle at Franklin, Tennessee.

GLC02739.147

January 12, 1865

King, David C., fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

News of Jones's whereabouts.

GLC02739.148

4 April 1865

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Details of his capture, imprisonment at Andersonville, and release.

GLC02739.149

5 April 1865

King, David C., fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

News from other prisoners captured at Franklin, but still no word from Jones.

GLC02739.150

13 April 1865

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Lack of correspondence.

GLC02739.151

30 April 1865

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Hopes of being mustered out.

GLC02739.152

13 June 1865

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Arrival without furlough papers; commutation of rations. Written at the Benton Barracks Union Military Camp

GLC02739.153

14 June 1865

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones

Requesting furlough papers; his discharge. Written at the Benton Barracks Union Military Camp

GLC02739.154

1861-1865

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones [incomplete]

Likenesses of his children; plans to send money home when it is safe; taking of Charleston and Generals Lee and Rosecrans; Confederates switching sides.

GLC02739.155

1861-1865

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nancy E. Jones [incomplete]

Devotion to his family; unchristian behavior of fellow soldiers; his diary.

GLC02739.156