John M. Jones
John Marshall Jones | |
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| Born | July 20, 1820 Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 5, 1864 (aged 43) Spotsylvania County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Place of burial | Maplewood Cemetery Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Allegiance | |
| Service/ |  United States Army Confederate States Army |
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| Unit | 7th U.S. Infantry |
| Commands held | Jones' Brigade |
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John Marshall Jones (July 20, 1820 – May 5, 1864) was a
brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness
.
Early life
Jones was born in
Amiel W. Whipple, and Israel B. Richardson
, all of whom would also die in combat.
Assigned as a
second lieutenant to the 7th Infantry, he was on frontier duty before returning to the U.S. Military Academy in 1845 as an assistant instructor of infantry tactics, serving until 1852. From 1854 until 1855, he served on a board commissioned to revise rifle and light artillery military tactics, and received a promotion to captain on March 3, 1855. Jones performed garrison duty at various forts across the country for a short period before participating in the Utah War
from 1858 until 1860.
Civil War
With the outbreak of the Civil War and
Mine Run Campaign
.
In the early days of the
V Corps brigade, which began pushing back the Confederates, many in disorder. Jones and his aide-de-camp Robert Early were killed while desperately trying to restore order. Jones's body was eventually returned home and buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Charlottesville.[1]
Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell
wrote of Jones's death in his official report on the Wilderness, "I considered his loss an irreparable one to his brigade."
Jones's sister was married to famed Confederate general
A.P. Hill
's older brother Thomas.
See also
- List of American Civil War Generals (Confederate)
Notes
- ^ Eicher, p. 324.
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
- Tagg, Larry. The Generals of Gettysburg. Campbell, CA: Savas Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-882810-30-9.
- U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Recordsof the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.