How Jack Jones Became Ensign
Had " . . . hugged the colors from Fort Donelson to the Wilderness . . . "
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John D. Jones, Private, Capt. J. G. Sharp's Company, 26th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers,* enlisted September 5, 1861 at Iuka, Miss. by D. M. B. Reid for 3 years, promoted Color Sergeant April, 1863, promoted Ensign to rank as 1st Lieutenant from October 18, 1864 at Petersburg, Va., captured April 2, 1865 at Hatcher's Run, committed April 5 to Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D. C., sent to Johnson's Island, Ohio April 9, released on Oath June 18, 1865, description on enlistment: Single, 18 year old Farmer, born in Alabama, resident of Yellow Creek, Ala., dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 5' 9"
* This company subsequently became Company E (The Wince Price Guards), 26th Mississippi Infantry
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi