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On September 7, 1863 Charles was appointed Captain in the Adjutant General's Department. On January 2, 1864 he was appointed Assistant Adj. General to Johnson. Four months later on April 2, 1984 he was appointed Assistant Inspector General to Johnson. | On September 7, 1863 Charles was appointed Captain in the Adjutant General's Department. On January 2, 1864 he was appointed Assistant Adj. General to Johnson. Four months later on April 2, 1984 he was appointed Assistant Inspector General to Johnson. | ||
Jones was captured at | Jones was captured at Drury's Bluff on May 16, 1864. He was imprisoned at Point Lookout and then Fort Delaware where [[HEMPSTEAD, Junius Lackland|Junius Lackland HEMPSTEAD]] was also held. (5) Jones' malaria caused him to twice be admitted to the prison hospital. He was exchanged on March 4, 1865 and immediately began writing letters seeking another job in the Confederacy. The loss of Richmond on April 2, 1865 and the surrender of Confederate troops under General Robert E. Lee ended Jones' military. (6) | ||
Jones’s father-in-law sought clemency for him from President Andrew Johnson, noting that C.S.D. Jones was “seduced into the Rebel Army. He has returned a penitent man.” ( | Jones’s father-in-law sought clemency for him from President Andrew Johnson, noting that C.S.D. Jones was “seduced into the Rebel Army. He has returned a penitent man.” (7) | ||
He returned to Dubuque but began to decline mentally and physically. He went on his own accord to the mental asylum at Independence. | He returned to Dubuque but began to decline mentally and physically. He went on his own accord to the mental asylum at Independence. | ||
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5. | 5. "Captured," ''Dubuque Democratic Herald'', May 26, 1864, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=A36e8EsbUSoC&dat=18640526&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | ||
6. Seyour, Ron. | 6. Connon, David. | ||
7. Seyour, Ron. | |||
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Revision as of 03:48, 31 August 2015
JONES, Charles Scott Dodge. (Sinsinawa, WI, Sept. 23, 1832--Independence, IA, Jan. 28, 1890). The first-born child of George Wallace JONES, Charles spent his childhood in Dubuque at the family estate, "Alta Vista." He attended the Western Military Institute in Kentucky and then studied law at Harvard. (1) He opened his first practice in Dubuque on the northwest corner of Sixth and Main in the late 1850s. When his father was defeated in his attempt to win a third term to the United States Senate, Charles accompanied him to Bogota, Columbia. He returned to the United States carrying dispatches for his father. (2)
Charles returned to Dubuque following the arrest of his father and resumed his legal career. Apparently he also began recruiting soldiers for the Confederacy. A letter of introduction for his friend Daniel O'Connell QUIGLEY to the leader of a Confederate rifle company was found on the battlefield at Shiloh. Charles Jones quickly left Dubuque to ask Jefferson DAVIS for work. (3)
Bushrod Johnson, one of Jones' professors at Western Military Institute, wrote to the Confederate Secretary of War on March 24, 1863 that he recommended him for a position. On August 12, 1863 Confederate President Davis sent his own note stating:
Secretary of War, for attention. Mr. Jones is the worthy
son of our friend George W. Jones of Iowa. He has a brother
in the army. JD (4)
On September 7, 1863 Charles was appointed Captain in the Adjutant General's Department. On January 2, 1864 he was appointed Assistant Adj. General to Johnson. Four months later on April 2, 1984 he was appointed Assistant Inspector General to Johnson.
Jones was captured at Drury's Bluff on May 16, 1864. He was imprisoned at Point Lookout and then Fort Delaware where Junius Lackland HEMPSTEAD was also held. (5) Jones' malaria caused him to twice be admitted to the prison hospital. He was exchanged on March 4, 1865 and immediately began writing letters seeking another job in the Confederacy. The loss of Richmond on April 2, 1865 and the surrender of Confederate troops under General Robert E. Lee ended Jones' military. (6)
Jones’s father-in-law sought clemency for him from President Andrew Johnson, noting that C.S.D. Jones was “seduced into the Rebel Army. He has returned a penitent man.” (7)
He returned to Dubuque but began to decline mentally and physically. He went on his own accord to the mental asylum at Independence.
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Source:
1. Connon, David. "Son of Iowa U.S. Senator Jones Fought for the Confederacy," Your Weekly Paper. Online: http://yourweeklypaper.com/blog/2011/05/03/son-of-iowa-u-s-senator-jones-fought-for-the-confederacy/
2. Ibid.
3. Seymour, Ron. "Capt. Charles Jones & Capt. George R. G. Jones Sons of Gen. George Jones," Online: http://iagenweb.org/dubuque/military/Rebel_Jones.htm
4. Ibid.
5. "Captured," Dubuque Democratic Herald, May 26, 1864, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=A36e8EsbUSoC&dat=18640526&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
6. Connon, David.
7. Seyour, Ron.