John R. Jones
John R. Jones was born in Virginia, United States on March 12th, 1827 and is the Confederate Army General. At the age of 74, John R. Jones biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, Jones raised a volunteer company, the Rockingham Confederates, which became Company I, 33rd Virginia Infantry. Initially commissioned as captain on June 22, 1861, he fought at the First Battle of Manassas. On August 21, 1861, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 33rd. He fought in General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign in the spring of 1862, under Col. John F. Neff (a Lutheran minister's son and fellow VMI graduate killed in action at the Second Battle of Manassas). Jones was then appointed to command a brigade in the Stonewall Division. He commanded the brigade throughout the Seven Days fighting at the Battle of White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill, where he was wounded, mustered out and recommissioned.
Jones healed and rejoined the army during the Maryland Campaign and took command of the Stonewall Division, which then captured the U.S. outpost at Harpers Ferry. At the Battle of Antietam, his brigade was one of two on the front line and attacked early on September 17. They held the line for about an hour before partially retreating. However, a nearby shell burst stunned Jones and caused hearing loss, so he relinquished his command to Brig. Gen. William E. Starke, who fell mortally wounded, leaving Col. A.J. Grigsby in command. Following the Maryland Campaign, Jones returned to the Shenandoah Valley, and was tasked with rounding up deserters.
Jones rejoined the Army of Northern Virginia the day before the Battle of Fredericksburg when he returned to command his old brigade. After Fredericksburg, charges of cowardice were levelled against him by several subordinates, who claimed he had used a tree for protection. He was acquitted in April 1863 after a month-long trial, but again charged with cowardice for leaving the Chancellorsville battlefield because of an ulcerated leg. He was never given a field command again and was seized by U.S. troops on July 4, 1863, near Smithsburg, Maryland. He was imprisoned for the rest of the war with no desire by Richmond authorities to affect an exchange.