David R. Jones

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David Rumph Jones
April 5, 1825 – January 15, 1863
Nickname	Neighbor
Place of birth	Orangeburg, South Carolina
Place of death	Richmond, Virginia
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Years of service	1846–61 (USA), 1861–63 (CSA)
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	Mexican-American War American Civil War

David Rumph Jones (April 5, 1825 – January 15, 1863) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

Jones was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He was a nephew of Zachary Taylor and a cousin of Jefferson Davis and Richard Taylor. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1846 and served in the Mexican-American War.

He was appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army on June 17, 1861, and major general on October 11, 1862. Jones commanded a brigade in BG P. G. T. Beauregard's Confederate Army of the Potomac at the First Battle of Bull Run, and he led a brigade in the division of Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's division in the Seven Days Battles. He commanded a division at the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam, in both cases under James Longstreet. His health failed after Antietam, and he died of a heart ailment in Richmond, Virginia early in 1863. He is buried there in Hollywood Cemetery.

George Pickett took over command of Jones' division.

[edit] References

• Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.