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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.43.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of John Reeser, B company, 197th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry |
| Title | William B. Jones to John Reeser regarding skirmishes with the Confederates |
| Date | 22 June 1862 |
| Author | Jones, William B (fl. 1862) |
| Recipient | Reeser, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Jones writes from headquarters, Camp White House. Wishes Reeser well. Reports that he is within twenty miles of Richmond, Virginia and his company is fighting off Confederate guerrilla parties. Describes a skirmish in which the Confederates wounded twenty Union men, burned some hay and grain wagons, and stole mules. Jones's men took sixty Confederate prisoners. Describes confederate soldiers acting as "farmers and younian men untill we get out of thare site… we cant yet to do as we pleas or we wold not hav afarmer in Viriginey we wold kill them as fast as we cold find them… " Mentions stealing wheat and sending it to Baltimore, Maryland. Written on Washington stationary depicting "East Front Of The Capitol With The Extensions." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Guerrilla Warfare Injury or Wound Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Prisoner of War Death Penalty Military Law Death Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Wheat Washington, D.C. Architecture |
| People | Jones, William B. (fl. 1862) Reeser, John (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Place written | Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | John Reeser enlisted as a Private on 16 July 1864. He was mustered into "B" Co. PA 197th Infantry. He was promoted to Corporal on 18 August 1864. He was mustered out on 11 November 1864 at Philadelphia, PA. Jones was part of Company B, 11th Cavalry. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 197th Pennsylvania infantry, B Company |