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- GLC#
- GLC05981.42-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 January 1864
- Author/Creator
- Jones, John, fl. 1862-1864
- Title
- to his wife
- Place Written
- Black River, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 4 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Expected mail from Vicksburg, but the mail never came. Notes that it has been a long time since he has received any mail. Writes a weather report. Some soldiers will be leaving on furlough. He envies them. Relays a conversation with Lieutenant Bush. Hopes that Mary had a good time over the holidays.
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