Jones, William Edmondson

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Full name
William Edmondson Jones
Place of Birth
Washington County, VA
Burial Place
Glade Spring, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
- The Army of the Potomac concentrates on Chancellorsville in preparation for an attack on Lee
Union and Confederate armies collide near Chancellorsville in Spotsylvania County, Virginia
"Stonewall" Jackson's flanking movement seizes the initiative in the Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Army of Northern Virginia forces back entrenched Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville
- The beaten Union Army retreats across the Rappahannock, ending the Battle of Chancellorsville
Thousands of cavalrymen clash at Brandy Station, Virginia, in the largest cavalry battle of the war
Near Upperville, Virginia, Union cavalry again clashes with the Confederate cavalry screen
- Union forces pursue Lee's into Maryland and Stuart's covering Confederates clash with Union cavalry
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