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Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 to Nancy E. Jones

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02739.043 Author/Creator: Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Murfreesboro, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 March 1863 Pagination: 6 p + env. Order a Copy

"The rebbels is failing in evry sense of the word." The Confederates attacked their pickets but his regiment held them off and will "slay them by the thousands if they try to take this place."

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1863

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