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JONES, JOHN MARSHALL

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JONES, JOHN MARSHALL
(1820 - 1864) Confederate brigadier general seriously wounded at Culps Hill on the first day at Gettysburg, killed in action leading his men at Spotsylvania. Rare, early D.S. "J. M. Jones 1st. Lieut. 7th Inf." as instructor at West Point, 1p. folio, June 30, 1848, a "Muster Roll of the Musicians attached to the cadets of the U.S. Military Academy", listing about thirty band members by name, with their dates of enlistment and pay due. Co-signed by future Union brevet brigadier general HENRY BREWERTON (1801-1879). Split at central vertical fold where disbound from a ledger book, otherwise very good.