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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.045 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy E. Jones describing how he had to leave the 79th |
| Date | 4 April 1863 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | He was detailed and had to leave the 79th to work a twelve pound brass cannon in the 20th Ohio Battery. He does not feel in any more danger as "I can dodge a shell or canon ball some times but a musket ball I can not." The battery consists of two brass cannon and four rifle cannon. With note to Phebe Jane Walker on verso re: ballad composed in honor of Joseph Walker. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces Artillery Weaponry Poetry Literature and Language Arts Art, Music, Theater, and Film Friendship Death Women's History Art, Music, Theater, and Film |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) Walker, Joseph |
| Place written | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature; Women in American History |
| 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 |