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to Joseph Jones and family.

"Our country is Getting very Bad Some Will Steel and Some Will take the Bankrupt law and too lasy to Work."

GLC02739.108

to Nancy E. Jones

He expects a forward movement soon. He gives news of friends. He offers to send her papers.

GLC02739.109

to Nancy E. Jones

They marched to Athens, then Charlestown, and then to Cleveland. They are headed toward Dalton, Georgia where the Confederates are stationed and expect to encounter a Confederate garrison soon.

GLC02739.111

to Nancy E. Jones

They fought hard at Rocky Face north of Dalton on the 9th and he was wounded slightly in the neck. They drove the Confederates to Resaca and defeated them there. A musket ball passed through his hat and grazed his head. The Confederates retreated...

GLC02739.114

to Nancy E. Jones

Nine days' engagement with the enemy; continuous fighting in Tennessee from 4 May to 7 June; discomfort from "filth and durty clothes and loss of sleep;" hopes for a furlough.

GLC02739.118

to Nancy E. Jones

Movement towards Atlanta; recounts various hardships of army life; tallies the lost men from the regiment over the course of two years.

GLC02739.119

to Nancy E. Jones

Charge on June 27th ("I never saw a grater [sic] slaughter in as little [sic] time").

GLC02739.122

to Nancy E. Jones

More description of the charge on June 27th, with 800 killed or wounded; assisting the wounded on the field and in the hospital; safekeeping his diary.

GLC02739.123

to Nancy E. Jones

No end of the campaign in sight; lack of paper, envelopes, and steel points.

GLC02739.125

to Nancy E. Jones

Surrounding the city and three subsequent engagements; news of mutual acquaintances; rumors of Confederate reinforcements.

GLC02739.127

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

to Nancy E. Jones

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

GLC02739.147

to Nancy E. Jones

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

GLC02739.153

[Map of fortifications]

GLC02739.159

[Carte de visite of Nancy Jones]

Inscribed "Mother" with imprint of Burnett's Gallery on verso.

GLC02739.160

to my dear wife

He lets his wife know he has been examined and passed and will receive his bounty next Friday at which time he will send it to her.

GLC02740.01

to my dear wife

He had his picture taken but it didn't come out very well. He will try to get a furlough after he gets to Augusta and he will send more money home.

GLC02740.02

to my dear wife

He still has not received any mail from her. He describes the movement of ships. Once again he tells her to write as often as she can.

GLC02740.07

to my dear wife

He misses her as usual. He repeats his lonliness and wants her to write. He has been washing all the afternoon and has rubbed the skin off his fingers.

GLC02740.10

to my dear wife

He is sad because he has not received any mail from her.

GLC02740.15

to my dear wife

He is going to have his picture taken, though it may be expensive. Everything on the island costs three times as much. He sent her more money express. He may sell his watch.

GLC02740.16

to my dear wife

He is sick with a bad cold and cough. In other news they have not got their rifles yet. There will probably not be any fighting for some time. He asks her to send 4 stockings.

GLC02740.19

to my dear wife

There is a battle going on now. He says if she could only see the women she accuses him of consorting with. They are all ugly and he wouldn't want to hug them.

GLC02740.23

to my dear wife

He expects the heaviest fighting to be done in the Spring, but he is not afraid. He describes a friend of his in the company. He asks her to send him a hat.

GLC02740.24

to my dear wife

He requests mittens and asks her to write more often.

GLC02740.27