Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 to Nancy E. Jones
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02739.026 Author/Creator: Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1862 Pagination: 3 p + docket Order a Copy
He is on picket and it is difficult to write because "there is so many generals passing and we [have] to fall in to line evry time one comes along to salute him." On 27 November his brigade was ordered to scout towards Murfreesboro and skirmished with the Confederates. His regiment was ordered to guard the battery; they had "no firing to do but we was in the dangerest place." They drove the Confederates a mile from their camp, took possession of the nearby town, and burnt it.
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