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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02739.048 Author/Creator: Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Murfreesboro, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 May 1863 Pagination: 8 p. : envelope Order a Copy

"If general hooker is successful at [Fredericksburg] I think that will end the war." They get good news from the armies of the Mississippi and the Rappahannock every day. He wants a likeness of her and the children. He closes discouraged, having read that General Hooker was defeated.

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1863

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