John R. Jones
Name: John R. Jones
Affiliation: Confederate
Unit: Jackson Division, Second ("Jones'") Brigade
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Urbana, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: n/a
Rank at End of Service: Brigadier General
Notes:
In 1861, Jones closed the Urbana Military Academy (or the Landon Academy) for young men and returned to VA where he joined the army
Source(s):
Paul and Rita Gordon, Frederick County, Maryland: A Playground of the Civil War (The Heritage Partnership, Frederick, MD: M&B Printing Inc., 1994), 298.
