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27 May 1864
Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865
to Nancy E. Jones
Engaged in fighting for 3 days; anticipating a decisive battle tomorrow.
GLC02739.116
31 May 1864
Daily skirmishing and sharp-shooting; establishing battle lines; dangers of picket duty; mentions battles at Rocky Face and Resaca; asks her not to send the children to school unless he dies.
GLC02739.117
5 June 1864
Nine days' engagement with the enemy; continuous fighting in Tennessee from 4 May to 7 June; discomfort from "filth and durty clothes and loss of sleep;" hopes for a furlough.
GLC02739.118
7 June 1864
Movement towards Atlanta; recounts various hardships of army life; tallies the lost men from the regiment over the course of two years.
GLC02739.119
11-12 June 1864
Concern for his sick daughter Elizabeth; expressions of faith; sleeping outside in the rain.
GLC02739.120
20 June 1864
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.
GLC02739.121
28 June 1864
Charge on June 27th ("I never saw a grater [sic] slaughter in as little [sic] time").
GLC02739.122
1 July 1864
More description of the charge on June 27th, with 800 killed or wounded; assisting the wounded on the field and in the hospital; safekeeping his diary.
GLC02739.123
12 July 1864
Reconnaissance mission up the river; lack of paper.
GLC02739.124
14 July 1864
No end of the campaign in sight; lack of paper, envelopes, and steel points.
GLC02739.125
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