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Reynolds (JOSEPH JONES an American)

JOSEPH JONES, an American military officer; born in Flemingsburg, Ky., Jan. 4, 1822; was appointed to the United States Military Academy from Indiana in 1839; on graduation was appointed 2d lieutenant, 4th Artillery, and after service at Fort Monroe and in Texas was, in 1846, assigned to the 3d Artillery and was on frontier duty at Fort Washita, I. T., in 1855- 1856; then became Professor of Mechanics and Engineering at Washington REYNOLDS University, St. Louis, and was also stationed at other colleges. After the beginning of the Civil War he rapidly rose in rank from colonel of the 10th Indiana Volunteers to Major-General of volunteers; during that time he was in command of Camp Morton, Indianapolis, and Cheat Mountain district, W. Va.

In Tennessee he was engaged in the actions at Hoover's Gap, battle of Chickamauga, and battle of Chattanooga; later was in command of the defenses of New Orleans from Jan. 6 to June 16, 1864; was in command of the 19th Army Corps, and assisted in organizing the forces for the capture of Mobile and Forts Gaines and Morgan, Mobile harbor, in the same year. He was in command of the Mississippi river from its mouth to Memphis, Tenn., from October to December, 1864; was mustered out of the volunteer service in 1866, and was promoted colonel in the regular army in the same year; was brevetted Brigadier-General in 1867 for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Chickamauga, and was in the same year brevetted Major- General for similar service at the battle of Missionary Ridge; after service in the 25th Infantry he was transferred to the 23d Cavalry in 1870, and after that time served at Fort McPherson and other military stations and on various boards till retired from active service June 25, 1877, for disability contracted in the line of duty. He died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 25, 1899.