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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.014 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones, explaining how they are expecting an attack on Louisville |
| Date | 19 September 1862 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | They expect an attack on Louisville but he believes "if the rebbels undertakes it they wil git bad whipped." He has "no doubt but that the [war] wil be over by spring." He instructs his wife to teach their daughter as much as possible; "it is worth more to her than all else you can do for her." |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Confederate States of America Women's History Education |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Education |
| 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 |