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

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GLC02739.019
GLC#
GLC02739.019-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 17, 1862
Author/Creator
Jones, Joseph, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Nancy E. Jones
Place Written
Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Pagination
5 p + env.
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

His regiment has not fought yet but Bill Elliot's has. There were 4,000-5,000 Confederates, outnumbering the Union four to one, but the Union won. He does not how many Union casualties there were but it was nothing "like so many as the rebbels."

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