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      Green, Thomas, born in Amelia county, Virginia, June 8, 1814, son of Nathan Green, a distinguished Tennessee jurist and president of Lebanon (Tennessee) Law College. Thomas Green, in 1835, having just attained his majority, joined the revolutionary army in Texas, and was in the engagement at San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. After the disbandment of the army, in 1837, he located at La Grange, and found occupation as a surveyor. In 1839-40 he was engaged in various expeditions against the Indians, and in 1842 in resisting the Mexican frontier invasion. In May, 1846, as captain of an excellent company, he went to join Gen. Taylor, on the Rio Grande, and took a gallant part in the three days' battle at Monterey, resulting in its capture. He served until the end of the war, and from 1841 to 1861, with slight intermissions on account of absence, was clerk of the supreme court of Texas. In 1861 he entered the Confederate service as colonel of a regiment recruited in Arizona and New Mexico, and took part in all the battles and operations in Texas, until overwhelmed by superior forces and forced to another field. On January 1, 1863, he won distinction in the recapture of the city of Galveston and the Harriet Lane, of the United States navy. Promoted to brigadier-general, he now saw service in Louisiana, and in the course of operations there, was further promoted to major-general. During a period of thirteen months he commanded in many severe engagements, ending with that of April 12, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, where he was mortally wounded, and died two days later. His biographer says,"No man in Texas came nearer enjoying the universal love of his comrades, and all who knew the nobility of his unselfish character." A county in Texas bears his name.

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      Harris, David Bullock, born in Fredericks Hall, Louisa county, Virginia, September 28, 1814; graduated from adjutant, 1833, and made assistant professor of engineering at West Point. In 1835 resigned and became civil engineer on the James River and Kanawha Canal; in 1861 was made captain of engineers of Virginia forces, and assigned to the staff of Gen. Beauregard, with whom he was associated until the end of the war. He constructed the works at Island No. 10, in the Mississippi river, aided in fortifying Vicksburg, and as colonel performed similar service on the James river, and was promoted to brigadier-general. He died October 10, 1864.

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      Heth, Henry, was born in Chesterfield county, Virginia, December 16, 1825, son of Lieut. John Heth, of the navy in the war of 1812, who served with Decatur, and grandson of William Heth, colonel in the revolution. Henry Heth graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847, and went into service in the Mexican war, and was present at Matamoras and Galaxara. He afterwards saw service against the Indians and was promoted through the grades to captain. He was in Utah in 1860, came home on leave of absence, resigned when Virginia seceded, and organized the quarter-master's department in Richmond. He was promoted from major to colonel of the Forty-fifth Virginia Regiment, and served under Gen. Floyd in West Virginia. In 1862 he was promoted to brigadier-general, served in West Virginia, and afterwards in Kentucky, under Gen. Kirby Smith. In February, 1863, he took command of a brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. At Chancellorsville he commanded a division after the wounding of Gen. A. P. Hill, but was himself wounded the next day. He was promoted to major-general, and was given command of a division in Hill's corps. He was conspicuous in the Pennsylvania campaign, and in all the subsequent operations of the army until the surrender at Appomattox. After the war he engaged in the insurance business in Richmond.

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      Hill, Ambrose Powell, born in Culpeper county, Virginia, November 9, 1825, son of Maj. Thomas Hill, who was a politician and merchant for many years; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1847; entered the First Artillery, was made second lieutenant, August 22, 1847, served in Mexico during the war, was engaged in Florida against the Seminoles in 1849-50, was promoted to first lieutenant of the First Artillery, September 4, 1851, and later was promoted to a captaincy; in November, 1855, he was made assistant on the coast survey, and was stationed in Washington until March 1, 1861, when he resigned; when Virginia seceded he was appointed colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment Virginia Volunteers, and was ordered to Harper's Ferry; his regiment shared in the last fight at the first battle of Bull Run; was later promoted to brigadier-general; fought at the battle of Williamsburg, May, 1862, after which he was made major-general; one of the council of war held in Richmond, June 25, 1862; in the seven days battles around Richmond he opened the series of engagements, occupied the series of engagements, occupied the center of Gen. Lee's army in the attacks against McClellan, was active in the campaign against Gen. Pope, was present at the second battle of Bull Run, July 29-30, 1862, received the surrender of the Federal troops at Harper's Ferry, September 17, 1862, was at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, Chancellorsville, May 5 and 6, 1863; promoted lieutenant-general, May 20, 1863, led his corps at Gettysburg, took part in the action at Bristow Station, October, 1863, his corps with Longstreet's, repelled the attack on the Weldon Railroad, June 22, 1864, and a few weeks before the final attack on the Southside railroad and the defences of Petersburg, Gen. Hill was taken ill and granted leave of absence, but he returned before his leave expired, March 31, 1865; on April 2, 1865, in the struggle for the possession of the works in front of Petersburg, he attempted, contrary to the wishes of Gen. Lee, to reach Heth's division, and was shot from his horse by stragglers from the Federal army; by Gen. Lee's orders a charge was made, and his body was recovered and buried in Chesterfield county, but was later removed to Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond Virginia; Gen. Hill married a sister of Gen. John Morgan, the Confederate cavalry leader, and left two daughters.

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      Hunton, Eppa, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, September 23, 1823, son of Eppa Hunton, a well known planter of that county. his early schooling was limited, and he was chiefly self taught. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and engaged in practice, and became prominent in his profession. He served as commonwealths attorney for Prince William county from 1849 to 1862. He entered the Confederate army as colonel of the Eighth Virginia Infantry Regiment, and in 1863 was promoted to brigadier-general, succeeding Gen. Garnett, and served until April 6, 1865, when he was captured at Sailor's Creek, Virginia. He was then imprisoned in Fort Warren, from which he was released in July following. In 1873 he was elected to congress, and was three times re-elected. He was subsequently appointed and then elected to the United States senate, succeeding John S. Barbour, and served from May 28, 1892, to March, 1895. During the forty-fourth congress he acted on the joint committee which framed the electoral bill, and was made a member of the electoral commission, which decided for the title of Rutherford B. Hayes to the presidency, by a strict party vote of eight to seven; member of several of the most important committees of the senate. After retiring from the senate, he pursued his profession in Washington City, making his residence at Warrenton, Virginia. He died in Richmond, Virginia, October 11, 1908.

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      Imboden, John D., a resident of Staunton, Virginia, as captain of the Staunton artillery company, equipped it partly at his own expense, and took part at Harper's Ferry at the moment of the Virginia secession, and later served in the battle of Manassas. In 1862, as colonel, under Gen. Jackson, he organized the First Virginia Partisan Rangers, afterwards known as the Eighteenth Virginia Cavalry Promoted to brigadier-general, he operated with his brigade in northwest Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. During the Gettysburg campaign he supported Lee, and his service was of great value on the retreat. On July 21, 1863, he was placed in command of the valley district, where he carried on active operations against the Federals. He took part in the advance upon Washington, and Early's campaign against Sheridan, and was on duty in the valley until the end.

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      Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, famous as "Stonewall" Jackson, born at Clarksburg, (now West Virginia), January 21, 1824. He was orphaned in early life, and was cared for by Cummins Jackson, a bachelor uncle. He was weakly, but the rough life of a West Virginia farm strengthened him. At the age of eighteen he was appointed to the United States Military Academy, but was poorly prepared, and did not reach a high grade. He graduated in 1846, as a lieutenant of artillery in Magruder's battery, took part in Gen. Scott's campaign, from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, and was twice brevetted for meritorious conduct at Cherubusco and Chapultepec. After the war, he was on duty for a time at Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, and later was sent to Fort Meade, Florida. He resigned in 1851, to accept the professorship of philosophy and artillery tactics in the Virginia Military Institute He was noted for the faithfulness with which he performed his duties, but he was not greatly approved as a teacher. He was zealous in religious matters, was an officer in the Presbyterian church, and took such a deep interest in the slaves, that he led a Sunday school for them, and which was maintained for many years after his death. Soon after Virginia seceded, he took command of his troops at Harper's Ferry, and, under the Confederate establishment, he was given a brigade under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. At a critical moment, in the battle of Bull Run, he came in haste and checked the Federal onslaught, and gave the Confederates an opportunity to take the aggressive and gain the victory. This episode was the occasion of Jackson receiving his sobriquet as "Stonewall" from Gen. Bee's exclamation, "See, there is Jackson, standing like a stone wall; rally on the Virginians." For his conduct in this affair, Jackson was promoted to major-general. In November, 1861, he was given command of the district including the Shenandoah Valley and the Virginia region northwest of it. He cleared it of Federal troops, but winter weather obliged him to return to Winchester. In March, 1862, with five thousand men, he displayed masterly strategy against Gen. Bans, whom, by a forty miles retreat, he allowed to occupy Winchester. From there, Banks sent away portions of his command in various directions, when Jackson made a forced march, and made a vigorous attack on the enemy at Kernstown. In this affair, Jackson was defeated, but he had crippled Banks' command so that it returned to the valley. In April, 1862, he was given command of all the Confederate troops in northern Virginia — his own division of 8,000 men, and Ewell's division, numbering about the same, in all about 16,000 men. These were threatened by Banks, with 20,000 men, while Gen. Edward Johnson's force of 3,000 men was opposing Fremont's army of 15,000 men. Making a rapid circuitous march, Jackson joined his force to that of Johnson, and on May 8 struck Fremont a paralyzing blow. Returning rapidly to the valley, he surprised Banks (who had detached a portion of his command to the Rappahannock), crushing his troops at Front Royal, May 23, and two days later at Winchester, driving the Federals beyond the Potomac, and taking immense quantities of stores. From this on, Jackson's movements were rapid, and his successes brilliant. Stationed at Winchester, he was almost surrounded by converging forces, when by an early march, May 31, he made Strasburg, interposing his troops between McDowell and Fremont, and succeeded in sending his prisoners and stores to a place of safety. Retreating up the valley, pursued by Fremont and McDowell, by exceedingly rapid movements, he defeated them in turn, and they retreated to the lower Shenandoah. Jackson now rapidly marched to the aid of Lee, and on January 27, 1862, in the battle of Gaines' Mills, defeated Gen. Porter, and then followed the retreating McClellan. In July he was again dispatched to the valley, and defeated Banks at Cedar Run. On August 25th he turned Pope's right, seized his immense stores at Manassas, and held his enemy until the arrival of Lee, when Pope was disastrously defeated on the 30th, in the battle various known as the second Manassas (or Bull Run), and Groveton In the Maryland campaign, Jackson directed the operations resulting in the capture of Harper's Ferry, with 13,000 prisoners, seventy cannon, and a large amount of stores. Making another of the rapid marches for which he was famous, Jackson arrived at Sharpsburg on September 16th, and commanded the Confederate left wing in resisting the assaults of McClellan, with thinned lines he held a position near the Dunker Church, until Hill's division arrived from Harper's Ferry and defeated Burnside, who was threatening the Confederate right flank. Jackson, now promoted to lieutenant-general, commanded the right wing of the army, and repelled Franklin, at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. In the spring of 1863, near Chancellorsville, Jackson encountered Hooker, now in command of the Federal army, who was obliged to seek the wilderness and entrench himself. Sent by Lee to flank the Federal right, he passed through the wilderness and late on May 2nd he was on the flank and rear of Howard's corps, the right of Hooker's army. Attacking in three lines of battle, Jackson made a furious attack, and in a half hour had routed Howard's corps, pursuing them to the vicinity of Chancellorsville, when his men were stoutly opposed by an artillery fire directed by the Federal Gen. Pleasanton. Between eight and nine o'clock at night, Jackson, with some staff officers, went to reconnoiter the Federal positions. As he rode back, his party was fired upon by Lane's brigade, of his own command, under the impression that the enemy was advancing. Some of the party were killed, and Jackson received three wounds — two in the left arm, and one through the right hand. Being taken from his horse, it was some minutes before he could be conveyed within his own lines, on account of the severity of the artillery fire. One of his litter bearers was struck down by a shot, and Jackson was badly injured by the resulting fall, but retained his senses, and said "Do not tell the troops that I am wounded." His left arm was amputated, and for some days he appeared to be improving, but a few days later was taken with pneumonia, and he died, May 1-th. His remains were taken to Richmond, and after impressive funeral services, were interred at Lexington, near the spot where, years afterward, was laid the body of his idolized chief and personal friend, Gen. Robert E. Lee. He was of a deeply religious nature, and austere morals. He never used intoxicating liquors, and once said, "I am more afraid of them than of Federal bullets." He was, perhaps, the most unique character of the war period, combining the qualities of the masterly soldier and devout Christian. In 1875 a bronze statue of Gen. Jackson, provided by English admirers, was unveiled in Richmond. His life was written by R. L. Dabney (New York, 1863); by John Esten Cooke (1866); by G. F. R. Henderson, and by his wife (New York, 1892). He married (first) Elinor, daughter of the Rev. George Junkin, president of Washington College. She died about fourteen months after her marriage, and Gen. Jackson married (second) July 16, 1857, Mary Anna, daughter of Rev. Dr. R. H. Morrison, president of Davidson (North Carolina) College.

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      Johnson, Edward, born in Kentucky, April 16, 1816; graduated from United States Military Academy in 1838. As second lieutenant of the Sixth United States Infantry he served against the Florida Indians, 1838-1841. In the Mexican war he was brevetted captain for gallantry at Molino del Rey, and major for Chapultepec. Subsequently he saw frontier service. In 1861 he resigned, and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, C. S. A. As colonel of the Twelfth Georgia Regiment he served in Virginia against Milroy, and was promoted to brigadier-general. In February, 1863, he was promoted to major-general, and given command of a division under Ewell. After again defeating Milroy, he was engaged at Gettysburg, and led the attack on Culp's Hill. He fought Warren at the wilderness, and at Spottsylvania held "the bloody angle," until he was captured, with a part of his command. After his exchange, he took part in Hood's Tennessee campaign, led a desperate charge at Franklin, and was captured at Nashville. He died at his home in Chesterfield county, Virginia, February 22, 1873.

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      Johnston, Joseph E., born at "Cherry Grove," Prince Edward county, Virginia, February 3, 1807, eighth son of Lieut. Peter and Mary (Wood) Johnston, and grandson of Peter and Martha (Butler) Rogers Johnston, and of Col. Valentine and Lucy (Henry) Wood, of Goochland county, Virginia.
      Joseph E. Johnston received his preparatory education from his parents, both of whom were competent instructors. He attended the Abingdon Academy, and in 1825, through the influence of Senator Barbour, was appointed to the United States Military Academy, entering with a class of one hundred and five, in which were Robert E. Lee and seven other Virginians. He was graduated in 1829, thirteenth in the class of forty-six, and was the only Virginian, besides Lee, to graduate, Lee standing second. Johnston was assigned to the Fourth Artillery as second lieutenant; was in garrison at New York and elsewhere, and took part in the Black Hawk campaign, in 1832. In 1834-35 he was on topographical duty; was promoted to first lieutenant, 1836; was aide-de-camp to Gen. Scott in the Seminole war, and resigned, May 31, 1837. On July 7, 1838, he was made first lieutenant topographical engineers, and brevetted captain for gallantry in the Seminole campaign. In 1841 he was given charge of the topographical bureau, Washington City, leaving that position in 1842 to act as adjutant-general in the Florida war. In 1843-44 he surveyed the boundary between the United States and the British possessions, and for two years following was on coast survey service. He was promoted to captain in 1846. During the Mexican war he was with Scott at Vera Cruz, took part in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, and City of Mexico, and was brevetted major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel, for gallant conduct in reconnoitering at Cerro Gordo, where he was wounded. He was also wounded at Chapultepec, being the first to plant a regimental color on the walls. Mustered out of the volunteers at the close of the war he again became captain of topographical engineers, and chief of the corps in the department of Texas. In 1853-55 he supervised western river improvements, and in 1858 was acting inspector-general in the Utah expedition. On June 28, 1860, he was made quartermaster-general, U. S. A., and resigned April 22, 1861, thus ending a service of thirty-one years with but a single brief break, as an officer. At once commissioned major-general of Virginia volunteers, he was associated with Gen. Robert E. Lee in the work of organization. Later he was called to Montgomery, the capital of the Confederacy to receive commission as brigadier-general. He was assigned to command at Harper's Ferry, but soon transferred his troops to Winchester, and thence, in July, 1861, went to the assistance of Beauregard at Manassas and turned the tide against the enemy. After Bull Run, Johnston, as ranking officer, combined all the troops there. In 1862 he attacked McClellan at Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), and was severely wounded. Early in 1863 he was given command in the southwest, at first stationed at Chattanooga. When Grant began his investment of Vicksburg, Johnston was ordered to the command of all forces in Mississippi. He ordered Pemberton to evacuate Vicksburg, but the order was disregarded and Vicksburg, with its garrison surrendered. Beginning in December, 1863, Johnston faced Sherman, who was then invading Georgia. Johnston's conduct of his slow retreat was a masterpiece of military skill, but did not meet the approval of the Confederate authorities, and he was superseded by Hood. Later Johnston was given command of the troops in North Carolina, and with an inferior force harrassed Sherman severely in his march to the coast, but was unable to defeat him. Following the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, Johnston met Sherman and they united on terms that the Washington government thought too liberal. the two generals subsequently arranged another agreement based on the Grant-Lee terms, and which marked the end. Gen. Johnston met the changed conditions with manly fortitude. He represented the Richmond district in congress in 1877, and served as railroad commissioner under President Cleveland. He wrote "A Narrative of Military Operations during the Late War between the States." He died in Washington City, March 21, 1891.He had been suffering from a heart ailment aggravated by a cold contracted at the funeral of Gen. Sherman, on which occasion he was an honorary pallbearer. Grant's estimate of Johnston may be noted: "I have had nearly all the southern generals in high command in front of me, and Joe Johnston gave me more anxiety than any of the others." And Sherman speaks of him as "equal in all the elements of generalship to Lee."

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      Jones, Catesby ap Roger, born in Clark county, Virginia, about 1821, was a son of Roger Jones, adjutant-general of the United States army and of Mary Anne (Mason) Page, his wife and a descendant of Roger Jones, who was captain of a government vessel in the days of Lord Culpeper, governor of Virginia. He received an appointment as midshipman at an early age and served under his uncle Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, then in command of the "Exploring Expedition." He served through the war with Mexico, at first in the gulf and then on the western coast, and was at one time attached to the naval batteries at the siege of Vera Cruz. He also served in the United States Coast Survey with Maury, and at the naval observatory. He assisted Dahlgren in conducting his experiments with the Dahlgren gun, and at his request Lieut. Jones was ordered to the Merrimac as ordnance officer, and at her return from her cruise he was selected by Dahlgren as executive officer of the ordnance ship Plymouth, which was the first to mount an eleven inch gun upon a naval carriage. He later served as ordnance officer of the Paraguay expedition. Jones, coming of a Virginia family distinguished in public service for many generations, was proud of his state and believed in the right of secession, and on the day of the passage of the secession ordinance at once resigned his commission. Gov. Letcher appointed him a captain in the Virginia navy. With Capt. Pegram he organized an expedition, and seized the naval powder magazine from under the guns of the Cumberland, and other men-of-war. The battle of Bull Run was fought with this powder. He then performed a useful service in improving the harbor defences of Norfolk and James river. He erected batteries at Jamestown island, which lend so much to the present picturesqueness of the site of the first settlement. Here he experimented with targets to test the efficiency of different kinds of arms for ships and in November, 1861, was ordered as executive and ordnance officer to the Merrimac, which had been scuttled by the Federals, when they abandoned the navy yard at Norfolk. He aided in converting the Merrimac into the Virginia, plated with iron two inches thick. He served as third in command, in the battle of March 8, 1862, with the Federal wooden fleet, which was defeated. In this conflict Flag Officer Lieut. Franklin Buchanan and Flag Lieut. Minor were both wounded and disabled and Jones commanded the Virginia in the battle next day with the Monitor. The engagement lasted four hours, at the end of which time the captain of the Monitor was blinded by a shell, and his ship returned from action. The Virginia was unable to get close enough to the Minnesota to destroy her, and steamed back to Norfolk. As Lieut. Buchanan was unable to resume command, the government at Richmond placed the Virginia under Commodore Josiah Tatnall and made Lieut. Jones his second; Commodore Tatnall assumed command March 29, 1862, and on April 11 the reconstructed Virginia steamed down the Roads expecting again to meet the Monitor, but the fleet of United States vessel was behind Fort Monroe and did not come out for a second trial; on May 8 the Virginia again went down to the Roads, to find the Monitor, Naugatuck, Galena and a number of heavy ships shelling the Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point, and on the approach of the Virginia the fleet retired under the protecting guns of Fort Monroe, and Tatnall, despairing of obtaining an open fight, fired a gun to the windward and took the Virginia back to her buoy. After the evacuation of Norfolk by the Confederate forces, the Virginia steamed down the Elizabeth river to co-operate with the army, but on reaching Hampton Roads the pilots declined to venture farther up, and Commodore Tatnall gave orders to destroy her, and she was burned on the shore near Craney Island, the crew escaping by marching to Suffolk and taking the cars to Richmond, Lieuts. Jones and John Taylor Wood being the last to leave the famous vessel, which by its victory over the Federal fleet on March 8, revolutionized naval warfare throughout the world. Lieut. Jones was placed in command of the defences of James river, and constructed batteries on Drewry's Bluff, sunk vessels in the channel, and the crew of the Virginia under Lieut. Jones barred the Federal fleet, and Richmond was saved; Lieut. Jones was promoted to the rank of commander, April 27, 1863, and ordered to Selma, Alabama, to take charge of the Confederate government works there and to complete the armament of the iron-clad Tennessee; he was employed by Peru and Chili in their war with Spain, 1856-69, and refused the command of the squadron in deference to the feelings of the native officers; he died in Selma, Alabama, June 17, 1877.

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      Jones, John Marshall, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, July 26, 1820; graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1841. He was on duty at western posts until 1845, and from then to 1852 was an instructor at West Point He was made first lieutenant, of the United States Infantry, in 1847, promoted to captain in 1855, and was on duty in the west until he resigned to enter the Confederate service. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of artillery, C. S. A., and made adjutant-general to Gen. Richard S. Ewell, serving in the battles of Front Royal, Winchester, Cross Keys, Port Republic, the Seven Days battles, Cedar Mountain, Groveton, and Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg he was dangerously wounded in the assault at Culp's Hill. Returning to duty, he commanded a brigade on the Rappahannock and Rapidan, and was again wounded. At the Wilderness he sustained the first attack of Warren's corps, and was killed in action, May 10, 1864.

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      Jones, John R., entered the Confederate service as captain in the Thirty-third Virginia Regiment, and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. In 1862 he was made brigadier-general and given command of a brigade in Jackson's division, serving at Cold Harbor and Malvern Hill, and being wounded in the latter engagement. Resuming duty, he participated in the Maryland campaign, and was given command of Jackson's division. He reinforced Lee at Sharpsburg, where he was disabled by the explosion of a shell. He commanded his brigade at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and then retired on account of disabilities.

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      Jones, Samuel, born in Virginia, in 1820; graduated from United States Military Academy in 1841. As lieutenant of artillery he served at various posts; was an instructor at West Point, 1846-51. He was promoted to first lieutenant and captain, and was on duty at New Orleans and in Texas until 1858, when he became assistant to the judge advocate, U. S. A. In April, 1861, he entered the Confederate service, as major of artillery, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel, and made assistant adjutant-general. During the organization of Beauregard's army he was chief of artillery and ordnance, and was promoted to colonel and brigadier-general. He then commanded a Georgia brigade until January, 1862, when he was given command of the troops at Pensacola. On March 3rd he was assigned to command the department of Alabama and West Florida. Later he commanded a division at Corinth, and afterwards Hindman's division. He was in command at Chattanooga, and later of the department of East Tennessee. From December, 1862, to March, 1864, he commanded the department of Western Virginia, and later that of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. He surrendered at Tallahassee, May 10, 1865. He resided at Mattoax, Virginia, from 1866 to 1880, when he was given a position in the adjutant-general's office, Washington, D. C. He died at Bedford Springs, Virginia, July 31, 1887.

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      Jones, William E., born near Glade Spring, Washington county, Virginia, in May, 1824. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1848, then served in the west until 1857, when as first lieutenant of the Mounted Rifles, he resigned, and engaged in farming at his old home. In 1861, with a company of cavalry, he joined Stuart in the valley. He was made colonel of the First Virginia Cavalry, and was entrusted by Stuart with important operations in the Second Manassas campaign. Promoted to brigadier-general, he was given command of the "Laurel Brigade," with Imboden he made successful raids on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and he especially distinguished himself at Brandy Station. In the Gettysburg campaign he was Lee's main outpost officer, protecting the rear and flanks of the army. Gen. Jones subsequently commanded a cavalry brigade engagement at Piedmont, June 5, 1864, he was killed, and his body fell into the hands of the enemy.

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      Jordan, Thomas, born in Luray Valley, Virginia, September 30, 1819; graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1840. As second lieutenant, Third United States Infantry, he took part in the Seminole war, and was among the captors of chief "Tiger Tail," He was on frontier duty until 1846; in the Mexican war he served creditably at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma; was promoted to captain and assistant quartermaster in 1847, and was on duty at Vera Cruz for a year after the war. He was then on duty on the Pacific coast until May, 1861, when he resigned, and was commissioned captain, C. S. A. He was chief-of-staff to Gen. Beauregard on the organization of his army, rendered excellent assistance at the battle of Manassas, and accompanied President Davis to the field, Accompanying Beauregard to the west, he aided in preparing for the battle of Shiloh and the operations about Corinth, for which he was promoted to brigadier-general. He was subsequently chief-of-staff to Gen. Bragg until after the Kentucky campaign. When Beauregard was called to the defense of Charleston, he accompanied him as chief-of-staff. In May, 1864, he commanded a military district in South Carolina. After the war, he became chief-of-staff of the Cuban insurgent army, succeeded to the chief command, and gained a signal victory in January, 1870, but on account of want of supplies, resigned and returned to the United States. He took up his residence in New York, where he edited "The Mining Journal," and made many valuable contributions to Confederate history.

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      Lee, Edmund G., born at "Leesland," Virginia, May 25, 1835, son of Edmund Jennings Lee; attended William and Mary College in 1851-52, and engaged in the law. He entered the Confederate service as second lieutenant in the Second Virginia Regiment, was promoted to first lieutenant, and was aide to Gen. Jackson. Promoted to major, and later lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty-third Regiment, he served in the valley campaign and other operations in 1862. As colonel, he commanded his regiment at Fredericksburg. He was invalided in 1863, and on returning to duty in June, 1864, was given command at Staunton. He was promoted to brigadier-general, September 20, and was sent to Canada on secret service. He died August 24, 1870, at Yellow Sulphur Springs, Virginia.