Giles Wilson Jones

In 1860 he was a 19 year old farm worker living with his mother Cynthia at Pleasantville in Rockingham County, NC. He gave his occupation as cooper when he enlisted in Wentworth, NC on 3 May 1861, and he mustered as a Private in Company I of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry at Garysburg, NC on 18 May. The regiment was re-designated the 13th North Carolina Infantry on 14 November 1861. He was court martialed in February 1862 and forfeited his February pay; charges not given. He was appointed Color Sergeant on 27 June.

He was wounded in action at Fox's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 6 October and furloughed home for 30 days on 8 October 1862. He was back with his company in about January 1863 and was reduced to Private on 27 June 1863. He was wounded again, at Gettysburg, PA on 1 July and was captured there on 5 July. His left leg was amputated and was treated at the DeCamp General Hospital on David's Island in New York Harbor, but he died there on 22 August 1863.

His service from Moore's Roster 1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Lydia Harris (1845-) in October 1862; they had a son Giles Wilson Jones (1861-1937)

05/31/1841; Wentworth, NC

08/22/1863; New York, NY; burial in Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY