- Collection:
- Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room Collection
- Title:
- Carte-de-visite of Richard Jones
- Date of Original:
- 1861/1865
- Subject:
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America. Army--Uniforms
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Portraits - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Carte-de-visite photograph of Richard Jones. Jones joined the Baldwin Blues in April 1861. He stayed with his command, Company H., 4th Georgia Infantry until the end of the war. He rose from corporal to lieutenant. After the battle of Chancellorsville, General George Doles reported that he acknowledged his "indebtedness" to Jones for his "promptness and gallantry". By 1864 he had been detailed Inspector-General of Doles brigade, and he surrendered with the command at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:arl_awc_awc312
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/acclheritage/do:awc312
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Athens-Clarke County Library
- Rights:
-
