Jordan, from Isle of Wight County, enlisted on Feb. 28, 1862 as a private in Co. E of the 5th VA Cavalry, later Co. G of the 13th VA Cavalry. He was hospitalized in Culpeper, VA on Oct. 27, 1862 with a fever. For most of November and December 1862, he was absent due to illness. After his return he was detailed in January 1863 as a courier for General Colston. His horse was killed during action at Brandy Station, VA in October 1863. Jordan was captured on August 16, 1864 on the Charles City Road during the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, VA and sent from City Point, VA to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD on Aug. 22, 1864. He was paroled and exchanged at Aiken's Landing, VA on March 15, 1865. Jordan was admitted to General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond, VA on March 18, 1865 and sent to Camp lee on March 19. He was paroled again on April 25, 1865 in Isle of Wight County, VA.
After the war, he remained in Isle of Wight County, VA where he was a wholesale grocer in 1870. He was a dry goods merchant in Smithfield in Isle of Wight County, VA when he died on Dec. 6, 1880. He is buried in Smithfield's Saint Luke's Cemetery.
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