John M. Jones

John Marshall Jones
Born	(1820-07-20)July 20, 1820 Charlottesville, Virginia
Died	May 5, 1864(1864-05-05) (aged 43) Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Place of burial	Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Allegiance	United States of America  Confederate States of America
Service/branch	United States Army  Confederate States Army
Years of service	1841–1861 (USA) 1861–1864 (CSA)
Rank	Captain (USA) Brigadier General (CSA)
Unit	7th U.S. Infantry
Commands held	Jones' Brigade
Battles/wars	Utah War American Civil War Battle of Front Royal Seven Days Battles Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness †

John Marshall Jones (July 20, 1820 – May 5, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness.

Jones was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. At West Point, he was nicknamed "Rum" Jones for his fondness for alcohol. He graduated in 1841, ranking 39th in a class of 52. Nineteen of his classmates would become Civil War generals, including John F. Reynolds, Nathaniel Lyon, Robert S. Garnett, Richard B. Garnett, Amiel W. Whipple, and Israel B. Richardson, all of whom would also die in combat.

Assigned as a second lieutenant to the 7th Infantry, he was on frontier duty before returning to the U.S. Military Academy in 1845 as an assistant instructor of infantry tactics, serving until 1852. From 1854 until 1855, he served on a board commissioned to revise rifle and light artillery military tactics, and received a promotion to captain on March 3, 1855. Jones performed garrison duty at various forts across the country for a short period before participating in the Utah War from 1858 until 1860.

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