The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . SAMUEL JONES. Born in Virginia, 1S2(\ Graduate at U. S. MilitaryAcademy, 1841. On frontier duty and in carrison,1841-45. Instructor at the Academy, 1S45-M ; againon frontier and garrison duty, 1851-58, when he wasassigned to duty in Washington as assistant to theJudge-Advocate. Resigned April 37, 18f)], and enteredthe Confederate service as Col. Becamn in1862, and was in command of (he Confederate Depart-ment of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, 1^ his command, under


The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . SAMUEL JONES. Born in Virginia, 1S2(\ Graduate at U. S. MilitaryAcademy, 1841. On frontier duty and in carrison,1841-45. Instructor at the Academy, 1S45-M ; againon frontier and garrison duty, 1851-58, when he wasassigned to duty in Washington as assistant to theJudge-Advocate. Resigned April 37, 18f)], and enteredthe Confederate service as Col. Becamn in1862, and was in command of (he Confederate Depart-ment of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, 1^ his command, under instructions, to , May 10, HENRY H. SIBLEY. Born in Lnuieinna, July. 181ti. Graduate at U. S,Military Academy. July 1,1&38. Served in Floridn Warand throughout the Alesican cnrapaimi. gaining thebrevet of Major for eallantry. With tbe Utah expedi-tion, 1857-t}(). and that against the Navajoe Indians,1860. Entered the Confederate service, l^fil, and wassoon a Sonsiht the conquest of New Mt-x-ico, 18t)-2; fought at Valverde, Feb. 21. and occupiedAlbuquerque and Santa Fe in March, but was com-pelled to evacuate in April. At the close of the war heentered the Egyptian army.


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