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[Identification of item], in the Edward Jones Letter #5293-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Transcript of letter available.

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Received from Richard F. Barnes Jr. of Raleigh, N.C., in 2006 (Acc. 100491).

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• Confederate States of America. Army--Medical care.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 12th.
• Jones, Edward, d. 1862
• North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Edward Jones, son of William Green Jones and Mary Christmas Johnston Jones, was born circa 1833 in Warren County, N.C. Jones enlisted as a private in Company F, 12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 18 April 1861. He died 16 August 1862.

The collection is a Civil War-era letter from Edward Jones of Company F, 12th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, to his sister, "Bet," written 16 August 1861 from Camp Carolina, Norfolk County, Va. In the letter, Jones described the regiment's drilling activities; possible engagements; and camp conditions, particulary in regards to the presence of disease, medical treatment, and soldiers' deaths. A transcript of the letter includes notes by the collection's donor, Richard F. Barnes, on people, places, and events mentioned by Jones.