Samuel and Charles, went forth at the beginning of the civil war to join the Confederate army as member of Company C, Dr. Ashbel Smith, Captain, Second Texas Regiment of Infantry, Colonel Moore commanding. Charles never returned, was mortally wounded at the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862; the date of his death and place of his burial were never known. The hope was long indulged that as a prisoner his wounds might heal and he be returned to his sorrowing mother; but time dispelled all such vain hopes. He was a youth of brilliant parts and great promise, and his untimely death filled to overflowing his mother's cup of sorrow, already full. Like many another brave Southern woman, at that time her life was sorrowful yet dutiful, and through her tears she saw the path that the living must tread beset with briars and thorns though it might be. Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Samuel and Charles, went forth at the beginning of the civil war to join the Confederate army as member of Company C, Dr. Ashbel Smith, Captain, Second Texas Regiment of Infantry, Colonel Moore commanding. Charles never returned, was mortally wounded at the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862; the date of his death and place of his burial were never known. The hope was long indulged that as a prisoner his wounds might heal and he be returned to his sorrowing mother; but time dispelled all such vain hopes. He was a youth of brilliant parts and great promise, and his untimely death filled to overflowing his mother's cup of sorrow, already full. Like many another brave Southern woman, at that time her life was sorrowful yet dutiful, and through her tears she saw the path that the living must tread beset with briars and thorns though it might be. Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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2 Corp Co C 2 Texas Inf
Confederate States Army
Died at Camp Dennison, Ohio
Buried at Camp Chase, Ohio
In Loving Memory of
CHARLES E. JONES
Second Son of
Dr. Anson & Mary Jones
Born Sept. 4, 1843
In Washington Co., Texas
Killed at
The Battle of Shiloh, Tenn.
April 7, 1862
A Member of Co. C, 2 T.V.I., CSA
Please Note:
Charles E. Jones, Co. C, Second Texas Volunteer Infantry, was wounded at
Shiloh, Tenn. on April 7, 1862, captured, and sent to Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati, Ohio, where he died on May 9, 1862.
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