He was The Personal Minister, Friend of General Robert E. Lee., and wrote The First Biographies of The much Revered General of The Confederate States.
John Enlisted in Co. D, Virginia 13th Infantry Regiment on 08 Jun 1861. Mustered out on 09 Oct 1861.
His Description:
Height: 5 ft., light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1836
Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series, (TY to Dona C. Mooring for making the Memorial.)
I am Honored to Add The Following of this Beloved Man, and to be a Confederate Grand Daughter,:
He was known as "the Evangelist of the Confederacy" and also as "the single most important link between Southern Religion and the Confederacy." Jones's own generation knew him as "the fighting Parson," a Confederate Chaplain who became a celebrity because of his close association with several Southern Generals, and the Author of many books.
When Confederate General Robert E. Lee died, his Family asked Jones to serve as Lee's biographer, and Jones produced his first book, "Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of R. E. Lee, in 1874".
His other well-known Books include the influential 1896 textbook School History of the United States and his remembrance of wartime life, Christ in the Camp (SEE Picture above); or, "Religion in Lee's Army", which appeared in 1886 and has often been reprinted since.
Before the War (1861-65), Jones, a native Virginian, became interested in the Ministry and belonged to the first class of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1860. During the War he helped form the Chaplains Association of the Army of Northern Virginia, and ministered to troops who served under Generals A. P. Hill, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee.
In January of 1885, the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 opened the Old Soldiers' Home in the Old Robinson House on the 36 acre grove property in the Western part of Richmond. With the Fighting Parson of Northern Virginia now as the Chaplin of the R. E. Lee Camp, and with Hundreds of Baptism's of Confederates through the years, and the reputation of Doctor Jones in some of his literary works after the War added tremendous credibility to the group of ex Confederates he became associated with in the R.E. Lee Camp-****(TY, to Bobby Edwards for your work at The Confederate Memorial Chapel, in Richmond.)
After the War Jones became embroiled in the "Lost Cause apologetics", arguing that the South had waged a just and Holy war, and that the Confederacy produced "the noblest Army . . . that ever marched under any BANNER or fought for any cause in all the tide of time."
He held the powerful position of secretary-treasurer of the Southern Historical Society for more than a decade (1875-87) and edited fourteen volumes of the society's Papers, the major organ for the dissemination of Lost Cause ideology.
At the same time Jones became an influential leader of the Southern Baptist Denomination. Especially notable is his service in Atlanta as the assistant corresponding secretary of the Home Mission Board, from 1884 to 1893. He became a well-known figure at the Southern Baptist annual Conventions, and four of his Sons followed him into the Baptist Ministry.
In his final years Jones lectured and preached widely. His standard prayer opening wedded his two passions: "Oh, God! Our God, our help in years gone by, our hope for years to come—God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God of Israel, God of the centuries, God of our fathers, God of Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, Lord of hosts and King of kings."
On March 17, 1909, Jones died in Columbus, Georgia while visiting one of his Sons. He was buried in Virginia. A member of the Virginia Historical Society at the time wrote that Jones was "Never 'Reconstructed'" and while "worshipping Lee and Jackson next to his God, devoted his whole life to defending by tongue and pen the eternal righteousness of the Confederacy, after it went down in defeat, and who at the last died not only in the 'faith once delivered to the saints,' but in the good old Confederate faith." AMEN.
"DEO VINDICE", Surely applies Here. It means, "God as Our Defender", and/or "God will Vindicate" and was on The Confederate States of America Seal.
Additional Info by Richard H. L. Chichester, III:
His father, Francis William Jones, was a merchant at Louisa Court House, a militia colonel, and presiding magistrate of the county. His mother was the former Ann Pendleton Ashby, daughter of William and Lucy (Strother) Ashby of Culpeper County, Virginia. On Dec, 20, 1860, he married at "Oakley", Nelson County, Miss Judith Page Helm.
John Enlisted in Co. D, Virginia 13th Infantry Regiment on 08 Jun 1861. Mustered out on 09 Oct 1861.
His Description:
Height: 5 ft., light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1836
Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series, (TY to Dona C. Mooring for making the Memorial.)
I am Honored to Add The Following of this Beloved Man, and to be a Confederate Grand Daughter,:
He was known as "the Evangelist of the Confederacy" and also as "the single most important link between Southern Religion and the Confederacy." Jones's own generation knew him as "the fighting Parson," a Confederate Chaplain who became a celebrity because of his close association with several Southern Generals, and the Author of many books.
When Confederate General Robert E. Lee died, his Family asked Jones to serve as Lee's biographer, and Jones produced his first book, "Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of R. E. Lee, in 1874".
His other well-known Books include the influential 1896 textbook School History of the United States and his remembrance of wartime life, Christ in the Camp (SEE Picture above); or, "Religion in Lee's Army", which appeared in 1886 and has often been reprinted since.
Before the War (1861-65), Jones, a native Virginian, became interested in the Ministry and belonged to the first class of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1860. During the War he helped form the Chaplains Association of the Army of Northern Virginia, and ministered to troops who served under Generals A. P. Hill, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee.
In January of 1885, the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 opened the Old Soldiers' Home in the Old Robinson House on the 36 acre grove property in the Western part of Richmond. With the Fighting Parson of Northern Virginia now as the Chaplin of the R. E. Lee Camp, and with Hundreds of Baptism's of Confederates through the years, and the reputation of Doctor Jones in some of his literary works after the War added tremendous credibility to the group of ex Confederates he became associated with in the R.E. Lee Camp-****(TY, to Bobby Edwards for your work at The Confederate Memorial Chapel, in Richmond.)
After the War Jones became embroiled in the "Lost Cause apologetics", arguing that the South had waged a just and Holy war, and that the Confederacy produced "the noblest Army . . . that ever marched under any BANNER or fought for any cause in all the tide of time."
He held the powerful position of secretary-treasurer of the Southern Historical Society for more than a decade (1875-87) and edited fourteen volumes of the society's Papers, the major organ for the dissemination of Lost Cause ideology.
At the same time Jones became an influential leader of the Southern Baptist Denomination. Especially notable is his service in Atlanta as the assistant corresponding secretary of the Home Mission Board, from 1884 to 1893. He became a well-known figure at the Southern Baptist annual Conventions, and four of his Sons followed him into the Baptist Ministry.
In his final years Jones lectured and preached widely. His standard prayer opening wedded his two passions: "Oh, God! Our God, our help in years gone by, our hope for years to come—God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God of Israel, God of the centuries, God of our fathers, God of Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, Lord of hosts and King of kings."
On March 17, 1909, Jones died in Columbus, Georgia while visiting one of his Sons. He was buried in Virginia. A member of the Virginia Historical Society at the time wrote that Jones was "Never 'Reconstructed'" and while "worshipping Lee and Jackson next to his God, devoted his whole life to defending by tongue and pen the eternal righteousness of the Confederacy, after it went down in defeat, and who at the last died not only in the 'faith once delivered to the saints,' but in the good old Confederate faith." AMEN.
"DEO VINDICE", Surely applies Here. It means, "God as Our Defender", and/or "God will Vindicate" and was on The Confederate States of America Seal.
Additional Info by Richard H. L. Chichester, III:
His father, Francis William Jones, was a merchant at Louisa Court House, a militia colonel, and presiding magistrate of the county. His mother was the former Ann Pendleton Ashby, daughter of William and Lucy (Strother) Ashby of Culpeper County, Virginia. On Dec, 20, 1860, he married at "Oakley", Nelson County, Miss Judith Page Helm.
He was The Personal Minister, Friend of General Robert E. Lee., and wrote The First Biographies of The much Revered General of The Confederate States.
John Enlisted in Co. D, Virginia 13th Infantry Regiment on 08 Jun 1861. Mustered out on 09 Oct 1861.
His Description:
Height: 5 ft., light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1836
Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series, (TY to Dona C. Mooring for making the Memorial.)
I am Honored to Add The Following of this Beloved Man, and to be a Confederate Grand Daughter,:
He was known as "the Evangelist of the Confederacy" and also as "the single most important link between Southern Religion and the Confederacy." Jones's own generation knew him as "the fighting Parson," a Confederate Chaplain who became a celebrity because of his close association with several Southern Generals, and the Author of many books.
When Confederate General Robert E. Lee died, his Family asked Jones to serve as Lee's biographer, and Jones produced his first book, "Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of R. E. Lee, in 1874".
His other well-known Books include the influential 1896 textbook School History of the United States and his remembrance of wartime life, Christ in the Camp (SEE Picture above); or, "Religion in Lee's Army", which appeared in 1886 and has often been reprinted since.
Before the War (1861-65), Jones, a native Virginian, became interested in the Ministry and belonged to the first class of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1860. During the War he helped form the Chaplains Association of the Army of Northern Virginia, and ministered to troops who served under Generals A. P. Hill, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee.
In January of 1885, the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 opened the Old Soldiers' Home in the Old Robinson House on the 36 acre grove property in the Western part of Richmond. With the Fighting Parson of Northern Virginia now as the Chaplin of the R. E. Lee Camp, and with Hundreds of Baptism's of Confederates through the years, and the reputation of Doctor Jones in some of his literary works after the War added tremendous credibility to the group of ex Confederates he became associated with in the R.E. Lee Camp-****(TY, to Bobby Edwards for your work at The Confederate Memorial Chapel, in Richmond.)
After the War Jones became embroiled in the "Lost Cause apologetics", arguing that the South had waged a just and Holy war, and that the Confederacy produced "the noblest Army . . . that ever marched under any BANNER or fought for any cause in all the tide of time."
He held the powerful position of secretary-treasurer of the Southern Historical Society for more than a decade (1875-87) and edited fourteen volumes of the society's Papers, the major organ for the dissemination of Lost Cause ideology.
At the same time Jones became an influential leader of the Southern Baptist Denomination. Especially notable is his service in Atlanta as the assistant corresponding secretary of the Home Mission Board, from 1884 to 1893. He became a well-known figure at the Southern Baptist annual Conventions, and four of his Sons followed him into the Baptist Ministry.
In his final years Jones lectured and preached widely. His standard prayer opening wedded his two passions: "Oh, God! Our God, our help in years gone by, our hope for years to come—God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God of Israel, God of the centuries, God of our fathers, God of Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, Lord of hosts and King of kings."
On March 17, 1909, Jones died in Columbus, Georgia while visiting one of his Sons. He was buried in Virginia. A member of the Virginia Historical Society at the time wrote that Jones was "Never 'Reconstructed'" and while "worshipping Lee and Jackson next to his God, devoted his whole life to defending by tongue and pen the eternal righteousness of the Confederacy, after it went down in defeat, and who at the last died not only in the 'faith once delivered to the saints,' but in the good old Confederate faith." AMEN.
"DEO VINDICE", Surely applies Here. It means, "God as Our Defender", and/or "God will Vindicate" and was on The Confederate States of America Seal.
Additional Info by Richard H. L. Chichester, III:
His father, Francis William Jones, was a merchant at Louisa Court House, a militia colonel, and presiding magistrate of the county. His mother was the former Ann Pendleton Ashby, daughter of William and Lucy (Strother) Ashby of Culpeper County, Virginia. On Dec, 20, 1860, he married at "Oakley", Nelson County, Miss Judith Page Helm.
John Enlisted in Co. D, Virginia 13th Infantry Regiment on 08 Jun 1861. Mustered out on 09 Oct 1861.
His Description:
Height: 5 ft., light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1836
Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series, (TY to Dona C. Mooring for making the Memorial.)
I am Honored to Add The Following of this Beloved Man, and to be a Confederate Grand Daughter,:
He was known as "the Evangelist of the Confederacy" and also as "the single most important link between Southern Religion and the Confederacy." Jones's own generation knew him as "the fighting Parson," a Confederate Chaplain who became a celebrity because of his close association with several Southern Generals, and the Author of many books.
When Confederate General Robert E. Lee died, his Family asked Jones to serve as Lee's biographer, and Jones produced his first book, "Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of R. E. Lee, in 1874".
His other well-known Books include the influential 1896 textbook School History of the United States and his remembrance of wartime life, Christ in the Camp (SEE Picture above); or, "Religion in Lee's Army", which appeared in 1886 and has often been reprinted since.
Before the War (1861-65), Jones, a native Virginian, became interested in the Ministry and belonged to the first class of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1860. During the War he helped form the Chaplains Association of the Army of Northern Virginia, and ministered to troops who served under Generals A. P. Hill, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee.
In January of 1885, the R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 opened the Old Soldiers' Home in the Old Robinson House on the 36 acre grove property in the Western part of Richmond. With the Fighting Parson of Northern Virginia now as the Chaplin of the R. E. Lee Camp, and with Hundreds of Baptism's of Confederates through the years, and the reputation of Doctor Jones in some of his literary works after the War added tremendous credibility to the group of ex Confederates he became associated with in the R.E. Lee Camp-****(TY, to Bobby Edwards for your work at The Confederate Memorial Chapel, in Richmond.)
After the War Jones became embroiled in the "Lost Cause apologetics", arguing that the South had waged a just and Holy war, and that the Confederacy produced "the noblest Army . . . that ever marched under any BANNER or fought for any cause in all the tide of time."
He held the powerful position of secretary-treasurer of the Southern Historical Society for more than a decade (1875-87) and edited fourteen volumes of the society's Papers, the major organ for the dissemination of Lost Cause ideology.
At the same time Jones became an influential leader of the Southern Baptist Denomination. Especially notable is his service in Atlanta as the assistant corresponding secretary of the Home Mission Board, from 1884 to 1893. He became a well-known figure at the Southern Baptist annual Conventions, and four of his Sons followed him into the Baptist Ministry.
In his final years Jones lectured and preached widely. His standard prayer opening wedded his two passions: "Oh, God! Our God, our help in years gone by, our hope for years to come—God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God of Israel, God of the centuries, God of our fathers, God of Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee, and Stonewall Jackson, Lord of hosts and King of kings."
On March 17, 1909, Jones died in Columbus, Georgia while visiting one of his Sons. He was buried in Virginia. A member of the Virginia Historical Society at the time wrote that Jones was "Never 'Reconstructed'" and while "worshipping Lee and Jackson next to his God, devoted his whole life to defending by tongue and pen the eternal righteousness of the Confederacy, after it went down in defeat, and who at the last died not only in the 'faith once delivered to the saints,' but in the good old Confederate faith." AMEN.
"DEO VINDICE", Surely applies Here. It means, "God as Our Defender", and/or "God will Vindicate" and was on The Confederate States of America Seal.
Additional Info by Richard H. L. Chichester, III:
His father, Francis William Jones, was a merchant at Louisa Court House, a militia colonel, and presiding magistrate of the county. His mother was the former Ann Pendleton Ashby, daughter of William and Lucy (Strother) Ashby of Culpeper County, Virginia. On Dec, 20, 1860, he married at "Oakley", Nelson County, Miss Judith Page Helm.
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