Roger Jones (Inspector General)

Roger Jones
Roger Jones
Born	(1831-02-25)February 25, 1831 Washington, D.C., US
Died	January 26, 1889(1889-01-26) (aged 57) Fort Monroe, Virginia, US
Place of Burial	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service / branch	US Army Union Army
Years of service	1851–1889
Rank	Brigadier General
Commands	Inspector General of the U.S. Army
Battles / wars	American Indian Wars Gila Expedition American Civil War
Relations	Roger Jones (father) Innis N. Palmer (father-in-law)

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, 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.

Later life and death

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.

See also

• Henry A. Wise

References

• Association of Graduates (1889). Twentieth Annual Reunion of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 12, 1889. East Saginaw, Michigan: Evening News. pp. 74–77.
• Clary, David A.; Whitethorne, Joseph W. A. (1987). The Inspectors General of the United States Army, 1777-1903. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Army Center of Military History. pp. 212–213.
• Cullum, George W. (1891). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy, Volume II. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. pp. 466–467.