Roger Jones (Inspector General)

Roger Jones

Roger Jones
Born (1831-02-25)February 25, 1831
Washington, D.C.
Died January 26, 1889(1889-01-26) (aged 57)
Fort Monroe, Virginia
Place of Burial Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance
Service/branch
Years of service 1851–1889
Rank Brigadier General
Commands held Inspector General of the U.S. Army
Battles/wars
Relations

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,[1] 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.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Bruce Catton (1961), The Coming Fury, 1967 reprint, New York: Pocket Books, Ch. 5, "Into the Unknown", Sec. 6, "The Coming of the Fury", p. 336, ISBN 0-671-46989-4 .


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Military offices
Preceded by
Absalom Baird		 Inspector General of the U. S. Army
August 20, 1888-January 26, 1889 		Succeeded by
Joseph C. Breckinridge
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