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Civil War Soldiers - Jones
JONES, DAVID R., Georgia.
Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., June 17, 1861.
Major general, P. A. C. S., October 11, 1862.
Died at Richmond, Va., January 19, 1863.
Commands.
Brigade composed of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Ninth South Carolina
Regiments Infantry, being the Third Brigade, First Corps, Army of the
Potomac; brigade afterward composed of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Mississippi and Fifth South Carolina Regiments Infantry, Army of
Northern Virginia. August 13, 1862, division composed of the brigades
of Toombs, Anderson, Drayton, Kemper, Garnett and Jenkins,
Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
Jones, David Rumple, born in South Carolina, appointed from Georgia
cadet United States Military Academy, July 1, 1842; graduated
forty-second in a class of fifty-nine.
Brevet second lieutenant, Second Infantry, July 1, 1846.
Second lieutenant, November 23, 1846.
Regimental adjutant, April 15, 1847, to December 29, 1848.
First lieutenant, May 7, 1849, to March 3, 1855.
Brevet captain, and acting assistant adjutant general, March 16, 1853.
Brevet first lieutenant, August 20, 1847, for gallant and meritorious
conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico.
Resigned February 15, 1861.
Source: Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate
States of America, by Charles B. Hall, 1898
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| Jones, Patrick H., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Ireland. Migrating to America he entered the
service of the United States early in the Civil war, becoming 2nd
lieutenant in the 37th N. Y. infantry, June 7, 1861. He was promoted
1st lieutenant and adjutant, Nov. 4, and major Jan. 21, 1862. The 37th
N. Y. distinguished itself at Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, and at the
battle of Fredericksburg contributed largely in repulsing the enemy.
Maj. Jones became colonel of the 154th N. Y. regiment, which he had
been instrumental in enlisting, on Oct. 8, 1862, and was promoted
brigadier-general of volunteers, Dec. 6, 1864. His regiment fought at
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Wauhatchie in the Chattanooga and
Rossville campaign, the Atlanta campaign and the march to the sea, and
the campaign of the Carolinas, taking part in all the principal
battles. Gen. Jones was mustered out of the service, June 17, 1865. He
died July 23, 1900. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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JONES, SAMUEL, Virginia.
Major, Corps of Artillery, C. S. A., May — , 1861.
Lieutenant colonel, and A. A. G., in military forces of Virginia, May
— , 1861.
Chief of Artillery and Ordnance, in Army of Northern Virginia, May —
to July 22, 1861.
Colonel, P. A. C. S., June — , 1861.
Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., July 21, 1861.
Major general, P. A. C. S., May 10, 1862.
Died at Washington, D. C., October — , 1892.
Commands.
Brigade, , 1861, composed of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Eleventh
Georgia and First Kentucky Regiments Infantry, and Alburti's Battery
of Virginia Light Artillery. Assigned to the command of the Army of
Pensacola, Florida, January 27, 1862. Commanding Department of Alabama
and West Florida, 1862. April 29, 1862, commanding division, Army of
the West. June 2, 1862, commanding Second Division, Army of the
Mississippi. Commanding base of operations of General Bragg's army,
August — to September 22, 1862. Assigned to command of Department of
East Tennessee, September 23, 1862. In command of the Trans-Alleghany
or Western Department of Virginia, from December 4, 1862, to March 4,
1864. In command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, from April 16 to October — , 1864. Commanding District of
South Carolina, from October — , 1864, to January — , 1865. Commanding
Department of Florida and South Georgia, from January 12 to May 10,
1865.
Jones, Samuel, born in Virginia, appointed from Virginia cadet
United States Military Academy, July 1, 1837; graduated nineteenth in
a class of fifty.
Brevet second lieutenant, First Artillery, July 1, 1841.
Second lieutenant, September 28, 1841.
First lieutenant, March 3, 1847.
Captain, December 24, 1853.
Resigned April 27, 1861.
Source: Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate
States of America, by Charles B. Hall, 1898
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