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Years of service
  
1851–1889

Role
  
Inspector General

Name
  
Roger Jones


Roger Jones (Inspector General)

Born
  
February 25, 1831Washington, D.C. (
1831-02-25
)

Commands held
  
Inspector General of the U.S. Army

Battles/wars
  
Indian WarsGila ExpeditionAmerican Civil War

Relations
  
Roger Jones (father)Innis N. Palmer (father-in-law)

Died
  
January 26, 1889, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, United States

Place of burial
  
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States

Service/branch
  
United States Army, Union Army

Allegiance
  

Battles and wars
  

Roger Jones (February 25, 1831–January 26, 1889) served as Inspector General of the U.S. Army from 1888 to 1889. His father by the same name served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1825 to 1852.

Jones, a cousin of Robert E. Lee, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1851 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the cavalry, serving in New Mexico, where he participated in the Gila Expedition. In 1861 while serving on recruiting duty at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, he was ordered to take a detachment of recruits to Harpers Ferry, Virginia to protect the arsenal there from being taken by approaching Virginia militiamen. Unable to defend against an overwhelming force, he ordered the weapons and stores be destroyed, and retreated into Pennsylvania.

Jones spent the remainder of his career in various recruiting, quartermaster and inspector general roles, becoming Inspector General of the U. S. Army in 1888. He died the next year and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

References

Roger Jones (Inspector General) Wikipedia


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