James Alexander Jones

Going by Alex or Alexander, in 1860 he was a 25 year old farmer in Rockingham County, NC. He enlisted in Lawsonville, NC on 30 May 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company K of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry on 3 June in Suffolk, VA. The regiment was re-designated the 13th North Carolina Infantry on 14 November 1861. He was elected 2nd Corporal on 26 April 1862 during the army reorganization and was First Corporal by June.

He was captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware until 2 October, when he was sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November and returned to his company in about January 1863. He was promoted to 3rd Sergeant on 8 March, 2nd Sergeant on 3 May, and First Sergeant on 1 August 1863. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1910 he was a farmer at Reidsville in Rockingham County.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

04/22/1835; Rockingham County, NC

04/17/1921; Benaja, NC; burial in Mizpah United Methodist Church Cemetery, Reidsville, NC