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Papers Box Small Collections Box 92, Folder 1

Letters, chiefly 1861-1864, from Edward R. Jones, Jr., private of Company "K," 95th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Colonel John M. Gosline's Pennsylvania Zouaves), to his mother, aunt and cousin, William Butt, Jr. Letters are written from Virginia, Washington, D.C. and southern Maryland and describe conditions in camp and on the battlefield and express his views on the Civil War, as well as family news. Includes description of John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers and his [ERJ] part in the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 23, 1862). Wrote that the battles in which they played a prominent part were West Point, Gaines Mills, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Salem Heights, Gettysburg and Locust Grove. They were also under fire at 3rd Fredericksburg and 2nd Bull Run. Also included are letters from Edward R. Jones, Sr., to his brother Shipley Jones in Washington, D.C.; E. Douglass to her husband; Patrick Egan, Jones' company commander, saying that Jones was a good soldier; and Joseph H. Jones to his nephew, Edward R. Jones, giving up all rights to his space in the family cemetery plot. also included is an 1898 Roster of Survivors of the 95th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Edward R. Jones is listed on page eleven as living in Beverly, New Jersey.

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