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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02739.121 Author/Creator: Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865 Place Written: Lost Mountain, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 June 1864 Pagination: 4 p ; envelope Order a Copy

Almost daily engagements with the enemy; list of corps commanders, citing Gen. "Howart" (Oliver Otis Howard) as his favorite; relates a story about Gen. Howard's exchange with a soldier about removing the body of a wounded man from the field.

Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1863
Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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