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Title	Maria Jones Civil War Letter
Subject	Military Ohio Ohio Women Civil War Flags
Place	Forest Home (Ohio) Greene County (Ohio) Sabina (Ohio) Clinton County (Ohio)
Description	Maria Jones of Greene County, Ohio, wrote this letter describing conditions on the homefront during the Civil War. Jones was writing to William H. Busbey, a soldier in Company C, 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, who was stationed in Nashville, Tennessee. The letter contains family news and an account of Jones's confrontation with a group of Southern sympathizers near Sabina, Ohio while she was carrying a Union flag. The letter is four pages long and measures 7.75" x 12" (19.69 x 30.48 cm). Also included is the envelope, printed with an American flag and a patriotic slogan. It measures 3" x 5.25" (7.62 x 13.34 cm).
Creator	Jones, Maria
Date of Original	June 22, 1862
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts); VFM 4963
Format	manuscripts
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
Date created	2010-10-19

Title	Om3227_4435089_001
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Image Height	7308
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Date created	2009-01-09

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