Sam Jones Military person

Samuel Jones (December 17, 1819 – July 31, 1887) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. At the midpoint of the war, he commanded the Department of Western Virginia, defending the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the vital salt mines. Later he commanded the district of South Carolina.

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Sam Jones
Birth dateDecember 17, 1819
Birth place
Powhatan County Virginia
Date of deathJuly 31, 1887
Place of death
Bedford Springs Virginia
Resting place
Richmond Virginia , Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond Virginia)

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allegiance
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* United States of America
military operations
American Civil War
military commandDepartment of Florida and South Georgia
service start1841
service end1841

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