Went by the name of Clarence
Son of Julia McReynolds and Joseph Clarke Jones. Husband of (1) Martha Taylor Hines, (2) Annie Bonner Hines.
After Northern Alabama was occupied by the Union, Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama were at risk of Union raids. In 1864, there were 296 students at the University who formed the "Corp of Cadets." While attempts were made to teach the usual academic courses, the University was also a military camp of instruction.
Branscom T. Shockley and Henry McKenzie Burt were 19-year-old students at the University of Alabama in March 1864. They secretly worked together to enroll enough Cadets from the University to form a Cavalry company for the Confederate Army, with the understanding that the volunteers would remain students until the term ended in July 1864. Shockley and Burt kept their plans from the faculty, who would have viewed their work as insubordination.
Over 100 students joined Shockley and Burt in forming Schockley's Independent Escort. These cadets served under Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams until they were surrendered with Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest on May 10, 1865, at Gainseville, Alabama.
Years later, Shockley's cadets were remembered with a plaque at the University of Alabama, noting the patriotic devotion of Capt. Shockley and his comrades.
Source: History of Shockley's Alabama Escort Company, Hoole, William Stanley, ed. University, Ala., Confederate Publishing, c. 1983.
William Clarence Jones, was later a senator from Wilcox County.
Contributor: Bham85 (48240040)
Son of Julia McReynolds and Joseph Clarke Jones. Husband of (1) Martha Taylor Hines, (2) Annie Bonner Hines.
After Northern Alabama was occupied by the Union, Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama were at risk of Union raids. In 1864, there were 296 students at the University who formed the "Corp of Cadets." While attempts were made to teach the usual academic courses, the University was also a military camp of instruction.
Branscom T. Shockley and Henry McKenzie Burt were 19-year-old students at the University of Alabama in March 1864. They secretly worked together to enroll enough Cadets from the University to form a Cavalry company for the Confederate Army, with the understanding that the volunteers would remain students until the term ended in July 1864. Shockley and Burt kept their plans from the faculty, who would have viewed their work as insubordination.
Over 100 students joined Shockley and Burt in forming Schockley's Independent Escort. These cadets served under Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams until they were surrendered with Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest on May 10, 1865, at Gainseville, Alabama.
Years later, Shockley's cadets were remembered with a plaque at the University of Alabama, noting the patriotic devotion of Capt. Shockley and his comrades.
Source: History of Shockley's Alabama Escort Company, Hoole, William Stanley, ed. University, Ala., Confederate Publishing, c. 1983.
William Clarence Jones, was later a senator from Wilcox County.
Contributor: Bham85 (48240040)
Went by the name of Clarence
Son of Julia McReynolds and Joseph Clarke Jones. Husband of (1) Martha Taylor Hines, (2) Annie Bonner Hines.
After Northern Alabama was occupied by the Union, Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama were at risk of Union raids. In 1864, there were 296 students at the University who formed the "Corp of Cadets." While attempts were made to teach the usual academic courses, the University was also a military camp of instruction.
Branscom T. Shockley and Henry McKenzie Burt were 19-year-old students at the University of Alabama in March 1864. They secretly worked together to enroll enough Cadets from the University to form a Cavalry company for the Confederate Army, with the understanding that the volunteers would remain students until the term ended in July 1864. Shockley and Burt kept their plans from the faculty, who would have viewed their work as insubordination.
Over 100 students joined Shockley and Burt in forming Schockley's Independent Escort. These cadets served under Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams until they were surrendered with Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest on May 10, 1865, at Gainseville, Alabama.
Years later, Shockley's cadets were remembered with a plaque at the University of Alabama, noting the patriotic devotion of Capt. Shockley and his comrades.
Source: History of Shockley's Alabama Escort Company, Hoole, William Stanley, ed. University, Ala., Confederate Publishing, c. 1983.
William Clarence Jones, was later a senator from Wilcox County.
Contributor: Bham85 (48240040)
Son of Julia McReynolds and Joseph Clarke Jones. Husband of (1) Martha Taylor Hines, (2) Annie Bonner Hines.
After Northern Alabama was occupied by the Union, Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama were at risk of Union raids. In 1864, there were 296 students at the University who formed the "Corp of Cadets." While attempts were made to teach the usual academic courses, the University was also a military camp of instruction.
Branscom T. Shockley and Henry McKenzie Burt were 19-year-old students at the University of Alabama in March 1864. They secretly worked together to enroll enough Cadets from the University to form a Cavalry company for the Confederate Army, with the understanding that the volunteers would remain students until the term ended in July 1864. Shockley and Burt kept their plans from the faculty, who would have viewed their work as insubordination.
Over 100 students joined Shockley and Burt in forming Schockley's Independent Escort. These cadets served under Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Adams until they were surrendered with Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest on May 10, 1865, at Gainseville, Alabama.
Years later, Shockley's cadets were remembered with a plaque at the University of Alabama, noting the patriotic devotion of Capt. Shockley and his comrades.
Source: History of Shockley's Alabama Escort Company, Hoole, William Stanley, ed. University, Ala., Confederate Publishing, c. 1983.
William Clarence Jones, was later a senator from Wilcox County.
Contributor: Bham85 (48240040)
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