Amos L. Jones

In 1860 he was a 32 year old overseer, probably on the J.P. Cook plantation at Rainesville, Butler County, AL, and owned 8 slaves of his own. In March 1861 he was First Sergeant of Captain John Glasgow's Yancey Guards, a new volunteer company in Butler County. He enlisted on 19 July 1861 in Montgomery, AL and mustered as a Private in Captain Glasgow's Company G of the 13th Alabama Infantry. He was elected First Sergeant, but resigned on 12 August 1861.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was appointed 2nd Sergeant on 1 October 1862 and was wounded in the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864 and again on 30 September 1864, place not given. He was in a Richmond, VA hospital by 2 October and furloughed home for 40 days on 15 October. He signed a parole at Montgomery, AL on 17 June 1865.

In 1870 he was a farmer at Greenville in Butler County.

His service from his Compiled Service Records1 online from fold3, and from the Alabama Archives.2 Personal details from the US Census of 1860 & 1870 and the Greenville Southern Messenger of 20 March 1861. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Caroline (?) and they had 3 sons.

11/07/1827 in AL

12/23/1878; burial in Rutledge Primative Baptist Church Cemetery, Rutledge, AL