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T. M. N. Jones Papers
Diaries: 1863-1865
Overview

 

Scope and Contents

This collection contains three diaries of T.M.N. Jones, describing his service in the Cavalry of the Confederate Army from September 24, 1863 to May 23, 1865. There is a typed transcript of the same. The collection is in two file folders.

Diary 1 - September 1863 to May 17, 1864

Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain
Rome, Georgia
Battle of Chicamauga
32nd Tennessee Regiment
Browns Brigade
Life as a soldier
Religion
Weather conditions
Recipe for making Black Ink

Diary 2 - December 1864 to February 18, 1865

Nashville, Tennessee
Battlefield near Franklin
Battle at Murfreesboro
Weather conditions
Soldiers killed and wounded
Deserters
Lee's Corps
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Diary 3 - April 1865 to May 23, 1865

Greensboro, North Carolina
Surrender
Paroles
Weather Condition
Transportation

Transcript

 


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