Confederate Headquarters Markers > Ewell’s 2nd Corps > Johnson’s Division
The monument to Jones’ Brigade is southeast of Gettysburg on East Confederate Avenue. (East Confederate Avenue tour map)
From the monument
C. S. A.
Army of Northern Virginia
Ewell’s Corps Johnson’s Division
Jones’ Brigade
21st 25th 42nd 44th 48th 50th Virginia Infantry
July 1. Arrived near nightfall and took position east of Rock Creek and north of Hanover road with pickets advanced to the front.
July 2. About 4 P. M. moved forward to support artillery on Benner’s Hill. Crossed Rock Creek at 6 P. M. and assailed the Union position on the summit of Culp’s Hill charging up to the Union breastworks and continuing the struggle until dark.
July 3. In line near here all day sometimes skirmishing heavily. About midnight moved with the Division and Corps to Seminary Ridge northwest of the town.
July 4. Occupied Seminary Ridge. About 10 P. M. began the march to Hagerstown.
Present 1600 Killed 58 Wounded 302 Missing 61 Total 421
About Brigadier General John M. Jones
The brigade was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Brigadier General John Marshall Jones. Jones suffered a bad head wound in the attack on Culp’s Hill on July 2nd. Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Dungan of the 48th Virginia Infantry Regiment was the highest ranking unwounded field officer and took over the brigade for the rest of the battle.
John M. Jones had taken over the brigade after the Battle of Chancellorsville from Brigadier General John R. Jones – no relation – causing headaches for historians. To add to the confusion there is also a Jones’ Artillery Battalion in Ewell’s Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Brigadier General John M. Jones, badly wounded commanding his brigade on Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg
Location of the monument to Jones’s Brigade
The monument is southeast of Gettysburg on the east side of East Confederate Avenue, which is one way southbound. It is about .06 mile from the edge of town, just before the first big curve. (39°49’20.5″N 77°13’12.3″W