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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02739.067 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry |
| Title | Joseph Jones to Nancy Ellen Jones, informing recipient that corps led by McCook and Crittenden will cross the Tennessee |
| Date | 31 August 1863 |
| Author | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Recipient | Jones, Nancy E. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Jones, a Civil War soldier, replies to a letter from his wife. Expresses joy that Nancy spends time with Brother Millis, possibly a pastor. Traveled the previous day from Bellefonte to Stevenson, Alabama. States that divisions led by Generals [Jefferson C.] Davis and [Philip] Sheridan crossed the Tennessee River the previous day. Informs Nancy that corps led by Generals Alexander M. McCook and Thomas L. Crittenden will cross, or have already crossed the Tennessee between Stevenson and Chattanooga, Tennessee. States "the rebs is stil retreating and falling back to atlanta gorga ... " Predicts that General [Ulysses S.] Grant will move to Mobile, Alabama, and that General [Quincy] Gillmore will soon capture Charleston, South Carolina. Reports that Gillmore has control of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and Fort Gregg, Virginia. Declares that Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, "has issued a proclimation to the arming 500,000 negros to fight for the southern confederacy, and offrs them their freedom and 60 acors of land at the end of the war. what a good thing it is. that will prove to the coperheads that it was not the north that caused the war." The docket, written in pencil on the envelope, labels the letter as a copy and states "who is Cornelius that calls Nancy Ellen sister?" |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Civil War Military History Union Soldier's Letter Infantry Union Forces African American History Religion Union General Confederate States of America Fort Sumter Confederate General or Leader Contrabands African American Troops Emancipation Land Transaction Copperheads Women's History |
| People | Jones, Joseph (fl. 1862-1865) Jones, Nancy Ellen (fl. 1863) Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas (1819-1893) Davis, Jefferson Columbus (1828-1879) Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889) Gillmore, Quincy Adams (1825-1888) Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885) McCook, Alexander McDowell (1831-1903) Millis, Brother (fl. 1863) Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888) |
| Place written | Stevenson, Alabama |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Religion; Women in American History; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Jones was possibly a member of the 79th Illinois Volunteers. Written three weeks before the Battle of Chickamauga. |
| 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 |