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R.A. Jones
(1845 - 1862)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
A 17 year old farmer from Weston, MA, he enlisted 11 August and mustered as Private, Company I, 35th Massachusetts Infantry on 16 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Basic information from Soldiers, Sailors and Marines1. His gravesite is on Findagrave. His picture from one in the Golden Ball Tavern Museum, Weston, posted online by the Weston Historical Society.
Birth
03/23/1845; Weston, MA
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Weston Central Cemetery, Weston, MA
1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 3, pg. 697 [AotW citation 17702]