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

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GLC#
GLC02739.052-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
3 June 1863
Author/Creator
Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Nancy E. Jones
Place Written
Tullahoma, Tennessee
Pagination
4 p. : envelope
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

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."

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