JONES, Samuel

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Confederate

Born: December 17 1819, Powhatan Cty VA

Died: July 31 1887, Bedford Springs VA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1841, garrison duty, West Point instructor, resigned April 1861.

War Service: 1861 Maj. of artillery, Col., chief of artillery to P G T Beauregard, First Manassas, July 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Dept of Alabama and West Florida, Corinth, March 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded Dept of East Tennessee, commanded Dept of Western Virginia, commanded Dept of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, commanded Dist. of South Carolina, commanded Military Dist. of Florida.

Post War: Farmer, US advocate general, judge advocate general.