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|branch= |serviceyears= |rank= |unit= |commands= Department of Florida and South Georgia |battles= American Civil War |awards= |relations= |laterwork= }} Samuel Jones (December 17, 1819 – July 31, 1887) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. At the midpoint of the war, he commanded the Department of Western Virginia, defending the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the vital salt mines. Later he commanded the district of South Carolina. ==Early life== Jones was born at "Woodfield", his parents' plantation in Powhatan County, Virginia.〔Jones, p. 5.〕 He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1841 and was brevetted as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Artillery Regiment. He was initially posted to Houlton, Maine, during a boundary dispute with Canada. He returned to West Point 1846–51, where he was assistant professor of mathematics and a tactics instructor. Immediately prior to the American Civil War he was on the staff of the Judge Advocate of the Army in Washington, D.C.〔Jones, p. 6.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sam Jones (Confederate Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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