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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02739.052 Author/Creator: Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Tullahoma, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 June 1863 Pagination: 4 p ; envelope Order a Copy

They drove 40,000 Confederates towards Chattanooga and several corps are advancing behind them. Some Confederates say "they want to quit fighting that they have bin deceived long enough by the leaders of the south." He fears the letter will not arrive as General Rosecrans has stopped the mail "so that the rebel [guerillas] can not capture any thing and find out his movements."

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1863

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