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

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GLC#
GLC02739.032-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 21, 1863
Author/Creator
Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Nancy E. Jones
Place Written
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Pagination
6 p. : envelope
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

They left the Nashville area on 26 December and fought almost every day on their way to Murfreesboro. He describes a very tough battle and his own close call. The Confederate guns were "so hot that they burnt our hands when we took hold of them."

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