Sam Jones (Confederate Army officer)

Sam Jones (Confederate Army officer)

Infobox Military Person
name= Samuel Jones
lived= December 17, 1819 – July 31, 1887


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placeofbirth= Woodfield, Virginia
placeofdeath= Bedford Springs, Virginia
allegiance= Confederate States of America
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serviceyears= 1861–65
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commands= Department of Florida and South Georgia
battles= American Civil War
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Samuel Jones (December 17, 1819 – July 31, 1887) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life

Jones was born in Woodfield, Virginia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1841 and was brevetted as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. He served at a variety of posts throughout the western frontier.

Civil War

With the secession of Virginia in 1861, Jones was commissioned as a major in the state corps of artillery. He later joined the Provisional Confederate Army and served as chief of artillery and ordnance. He was promoted to colonel in recognition of his service, and on July 21, 1861, to brigadier general. He was promoted to major general on March 10, 1862. [Eicher, p. 325.]

From December 4, 1862, until March 4, 1864, Jones commanded the Department of Western Virginia, with his headquarters at Dublin, Virginia. He was in general charge of the operations in defense of the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad and the vital salt mines. The September 1863 Battle of Blountsville was the initial step in a Union attempt to force Jones and his command to retire from East Tennessee.

He then commanded the district of South Carolina until January 1865. When the Union Navy began shelling Charleston, South Carolina, Jones placed fifty captured Federal officers brought into town under guard. He then advised Union Maj. Gen. John G. Foster to stop the bombardment unless he wanted to risk killing his own men. An irate Foster retaliated by placing captured Confederates, including Brig. Gen. M. Jeff Thompson, directly in the line of fire from Jones' guns.

In February 1865, Jones was named the commander of the Department of Florida and South Georgia, a post he held until the end of hostilities, when he surrendered at Tallahassee on May 10, 1865.

Postbellum

From 1873 to 1875, Jones served as president of the Maryland Agricultural College.

Jones died in Bedford Springs, Virginia, and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.

References

* Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., "Civil War High Commands", Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
* [http://www.urhome.umd.edu/timeline/ University of Maryland Timeline]

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