Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 to Nancy E. Jones
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02739.019 Author/Creator: Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Crab Orchard, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 October 1862 Pagination: 5 p + env. Order a Copy
His regiment has not fought yet but Bill Elliot's has. There were 4,000-5,000 Confederates, outnumbering the Union four to one, but the Union won. He does not how many Union casualties there were but it was nothing "like so many as the rebbels."
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