Cadwallader Jones, Sr.

(1813 - 1899)
Home State: South Carolina
Command Billet: Regimental officer
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 12th South Carolina Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
A lawyer and state legislator (1840-42, 48-51) in North Carolina, he moved to Rock Hill (York County), South Carolina in 1856. He was Captain, Company H, then elected Major of the Twelfth Infantry in August 1861, shortly after the regiment was organized. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in April 1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He succeeded to command of the regiment after Colonel Barnes was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September. He was appointed Colonel 10 days after the battle.

The remainder of the War:
He led the regiment at Fredericksburg in December, but resigned his commission soon afterward - in February 1863 - on account of ill health. He was replaced in command by Colonel John L. Miller.

After the War:
He served in the State Senate in 1864 and 1865, and was then a farmer.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Service details from Caldwell 1, who spells his name "Cadwalader". Additional bio information from Colonels2. His wife was Annie Isabella Iredell Jones, daughter of North Carolina governor James Iredell. His son Cadwallader, Jr. (b. 1843) also served in the Twelfth, rising to the rank of Captain.

Birth Date: 08/17/1813    Place of Birth: Halifax, NC
College: University of North Carolina    Graduating Year: 1832
Death Date: 12/01/1899    Death Place: Columbia, SC    Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC

Notes

1 Caldwell, James Fitz James, The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, known first as "Gregg's" and subsequently as "McGowan's Brigade", Marietta (Ga): Continental Book Co., 1866, pp. 12, 53, 72 [AotW citation 970]

2 Allardice, Bruce S., Confederate Colonels, Columbia (Mo): University of Missouri Press, 2008, pg. 218 [AotW citation 971]

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