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.
Military career
Jones, a cousin of
Robert E. Lee
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, graduated from the
United States Military Academy
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in 1851 and was commissioned a
second lieutenant in the cavalry, serving in
New Mexico
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, where he participated in the
Gila Expedition. In 1861 while serving on recruiting duty at
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
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, he was ordered to take a detachment of recruits to
Harpers Ferry, Virginia to protect the arsenal there from being taken by approaching
Virginia
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militiamen. Unable to defend against an overwhelming force, he ordered the weapons and stores be destroyed, and retreated into
Pennsylvania
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.
Later life and death
Jones spent the remainder of his career in various recruiting,
quartermaster
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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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See also
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Henry A. Wise
Notes
References
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1831 births
1889 deaths
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Inspectors general of the United States Army
Military personnel from Washington, D.C.
Union army officers
United States Army generals
United States Military Academy alumni
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