Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Robert Jefferson Jones, student 1857-1858

Jones, from Person County, NC, enlisted as a private on July 30, 1861 in Co. D of the 13th NC Infantry. He was taken prisoner on September 15, 1862 at Williamsport, MD and sent to the prison camp at Fort Delaware, DE. He was sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange on October 2, 1862 and granted a medical furlough. Jones was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, VA on May 1, 1863. He was paroled on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.

After the war, he returned to Person County, NC. By 1880, he had moved to Pittsylvania County, VA. Jones died September 15, 1902 in Danville, VA. He is buried in Danville's Highland Burial Park.

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