Confederate Headquarters Markers > Stuart’s Cavalry Division
A monument to Jones’ Cavalry Brigade is on South Reynolds Avenue just west of Gettysburg. (South Reynolds Avenue tour map) It is one of three monuments at that location for Confederate cavalry brigades who were not present on the battlefield but played a major role in the campaign.
Monument to Jones’s Cavalry brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg
From the monument
C. S. A.
Army of Northern Virginia
Stuart’s Cavalry Division
Jones’ Brigade
6th 7th 11th 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiments
and 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
July 1. The 12th Regiment was detached and remained on the south side of the Potomac River. White’s 35th Virginia Battalion was also detached. The remaining regiments crossed the Potomac at Williamsport Md.
July 2. Marched from near Greencastle Pa. to Chambersburg Pa.
July 3. The Brigade marched from Chambersburg Pa. via Cashtown to Fairfield Pa. Met the 6th U. S. Cavalry about two miles from Fairfield. The 7th Virginia charged in the advance and was repulsed. The 6th Virginia in support charged and forced the Union Regiment to retire with heavy loss. The Brigade encamped at Fairfield for the night.
July 4. The Brigade held the mountain passes and picketed the left flank of the Army.
Casualties Killed 11 Wounded 30 Missing 6 Total 47
Location of the monument
The monument is west of Gettysburg on the west side of Reynolds Avenue just north of Fairfield Road. (39°49’37.7″N 77°15’10.6″W)
Position marker for Jones’s Brigade seven miles west of Gettysburg
A marker to the brigade is on the Fairfield-Orrtana Road seven miles west of Gettysburg. Here the brigade fought and annihilated the 6th United States Cavalry Regiment, which was attempting to attack Lee’s supply and ordnance trains in the army’s rear.
C. S. A.
Army of Northern Virginia
Stuart’s Cavalry Division
Jones’ Brigade
6th 7th 11th 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiments
and 35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
July 1. The 12th Regiment was detached and remained on the south side of the Potomac River. White’s 35th Virginia Battalion was also detached. The remaining regiments crossed the Potomac at Williamsport Md.
July 2. Marched from near Greencastle Pa. to Chambersburg Pa.
July 3. The Brigade marched from Chambersburg Pa. via Cashtown to Fairfield Pa. Met the 6th U. S. Cavalry about two miles from Fairfield. The 7th Virginia charged in the advance and was repulsed. The 6th Virginia in support charged and forced the Union Regiment to retire with heavy loss. The Brigade encamped at Fairfield for the night.
July 4. The Brigade held the mountain passes and picketed the left flank of the Army.
Casualties Killed 11 Wounded 30 Missing 6 Total 47
Looking west from the Fairfield-Orrtanna Road west of Gettysburg and six miles north of Fairfield at the sight of the fight between Jones’ Cavalry Brigade and the 6th United States Cavalry Regiment
Location of the position marker west of Gettysburg
The marker is about seven miles west of Gettysburg. It is on the west side of the Fairfield-Orrtana Road about 1.6 miles south of Orrtanna and about 1,500 feet south of Knox Road. The hospital marker for the 6th United States Cavalry, the opponents of Jones’s brigade, is abut 850 feet to the north in front of the the Marshall and Culberson Houses.
About William Edmonson Jones
Brigadier General William Edmonson Jones commanded the brigade at Gettysburg (West Point Class of 1848). Known as “Grumble” for his irritable disposition, he was eventually court martialed by Stuart (who otherwise held him in high regard for his abilities as a cavalry leader) and banished to West Virginia, where he would be killed leading a charge in 1864.