VMI's Civil War Generals
Alexander C. Jones, Class of 1850

Biographical Information
- Early Life
  Alexander Caldwell Jones, 1830, Marshall County [West] Virginia. Parents: Garrison B. Jones and Martha Houston.
- VMI record
  Enrolled at VMI on July 28, 1846; was graduated on July 4, 1850, standing 16th in a class of 17.
- Marriage
  1st- Ella Clemens (1857) of Wheeling [West] Virginia; Issue- Clemens Ap-Catesby Jones; Minnie Clemens Jones.
  2nd- name unknown; one daughter
- Pre-Civil War
  Studied law; District Attorney in Minnesota territory; probate judge, St. Paul, MN; Minnesota's first adjutant general (1858-1860)
- Civil War
  Lt. Col. and Colonel, 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment; Chief of Staff to Generals Johnston, Magruder, Walker; resigned staff position to serve in field; promoted to Brigadier General; at end of war was in command of brigade in Texas.
- Post-war
  Diplomat; U.S. Consul in Japan and China; died January 13, 1898 in China.