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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.091 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, describing how they are shipping meal and flour to Knoxville |
| Date | 12 December 1863 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | They are running a grist mill and shipping meal and flour to Knoxville. The rest of the regiment is at Knoxville with the 22nd Illinois. Burnside drove the Confederates "from in front of him with heavy los[s] on the part of the rebles." Longstreet is supposed to be nearby." The townspeople are all Union supporters. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Mill Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions Battle Union General Confederate States of America |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Blount County, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 79th Regiment Illinois Infantry |