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1LT Virginius Walker Jones

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1LT Virginius Walker Jones

Birth
Death
6 May 1864
Wilderness Battlefield, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 13, Row 5, Grave 3
Memorial ID
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Company c, 44th Alabama Infantry, Law's Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Enlisted for 3 years' service on 4/23/1862 at Camden, Wilcox County, AL., he was mustered into Company c, 44th Alabama Infantry, as a Private.
Appointed 4th Corporal on 6/3/1862.
Appointed 3rd Sergeant 12/5/1862.
Appointed Ordnance Sergeant on 1/1/1863.
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Company B, 44th Alabama, on 6/23/1863.
Present on all Rolls from enlistment until Wounded In Action (gunshot in left arm, ulna) 7/2/1863 in Battle of Gettysburg.
Present on Sept & Oct 1863 and subsequent Rolls until Killed In Action in Battle of The Wilderness..

The 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Selma, Alabama, in May, 1862, and reached Richmond, Virginia, on July 1. Its companies were raised in the counties of Lowndes, Dallas, De Kalb, Shelby, Wilcox, Bibb, Randolph, and Calhoun.
Company c, 44th Alabama Infantry, Law's Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Enlisted for 3 years' service on 4/23/1862 at Camden, Wilcox County, AL., he was mustered into Company c, 44th Alabama Infantry, as a Private.
Appointed 4th Corporal on 6/3/1862.
Appointed 3rd Sergeant 12/5/1862.
Appointed Ordnance Sergeant on 1/1/1863.
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Company B, 44th Alabama, on 6/23/1863.
Present on all Rolls from enlistment until Wounded In Action (gunshot in left arm, ulna) 7/2/1863 in Battle of Gettysburg.
Present on Sept & Oct 1863 and subsequent Rolls until Killed In Action in Battle of The Wilderness..

The 44th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Selma, Alabama, in May, 1862, and reached Richmond, Virginia, on July 1. Its companies were raised in the counties of Lowndes, Dallas, De Kalb, Shelby, Wilcox, Bibb, Randolph, and Calhoun.

Inscription

W. JONES
ALA


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