Introduction
by Constance Hall Jones Not long after I declared I was writing a book about my great-great-grandfather William Ellis Jones, a volume that would encompass not only his Civil War diary, but also aspects of his family history, along with a comprehensive pre and post-war biography, I started getting the question, “But why?” I confess, […]
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by Constance Hall Jones Portrait photograph believed to be of Thomas Norcliff Jones (c. 1800 – Sept 3, 1864) This unidentified image is believed to be a late 19th century copy of an earlier-era photograph of Thomas Norcliffe Jones. The subject’s manner of dress suggests to some that the individual in the image is female, […]
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by Constance Hall Jones Thomas Norcliffe Jones’s United States Citizenship petition and naturalization papers Transcript of Naturalization Petition. “Virginia At a circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the County of Henrico and City of Richmond, held at the Capitol in said city the 1st day of June, one thousand eight-hundred and forty. Thomas […]
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by Constance Hall Jones Newspaper advertisement placed in the Richmond, Virginia Daily Dispatch, September 2, 1862, by William B. Jones of Jones & Company, 15th Street between Main & Cary Streets, Richmond, Virginia. The Confederate Conscription Act of April, 1862 established that any white male between the age of 18 and 35 was required to […]
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The Spirits of Bad Men Made Perfect:The Life and Diary of Confederate Artillerist William Ellis Jonesby Constance Jones “Engaging the Civil War” SeriesSouthern Illinois University Press,2019 Click here for ordering information This remarkable biography and edited diary tell the story of William Ellis Jones (1838–1910), an artillerist in Crenshaw’s Battery, Pegram’s Battalion, the Army of […]
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by Constance Hall Jones The following PDF file is a Google Books Scan of the original What is Our True Policy? * * * The “Engaging the Civil War” Series is published by Southern Illinois University Press in collaboration with Emerging Civil War.
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by Constance Hall Jones Letter to the Richmond Whig attributed to William Jones * * * The “Engaging the Civil War” Series is published by Southern Illinois University Press in collaboration with Emerging Civil War.
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by Constance Hall Jones Click here for the exclusive on-line chapter “The Descendants of William Ellis Jones (and what became of his legendary library).” * * * William Ellis Jones, Steam Book and Job Press The following is an incomplete list of the surviving books, periodicals, pamphlets, and other materials published […]
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