Caldwell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Jones, Walter L. July 1863
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The Standard of  Raleigh, Aug. 26, 1863
The Standard of  Raleigh, Aug. 26, 1863
   Few soldiers have died in the cause of Southern independence than WALTER L. 
JONES -- no one submitted more readily and cheerfully to all the duties and 
hardships of camp life , or had a better influence on those around him. He was 
one of the few young men who would not accept office (which was frequently 
tendered to him) although well qualified for it by a thorough military 
training -- preferring to share the duties of his friends, who were privates 
in the first company from Caldwell County.
   He was sent to Virginia in August 1861 in the 22nd Regiment, then commanded 
by the lamented PETTIGREW -- sharerd the dangers of the campaigns of '62 -- 
was wounded at Shepardstown, on the retreat of our army from Maryland, but was 
absent from duty but a few weeks. In March last, he was transferred, by 
request, to Company I, 26th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, where he served 
until on the 1st of July, in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., while pressing 
forward with his usual intrepidity, in advance of his company, and near to the 
enemy's line, he received a mortal wound and fell in a few feet of his 
brother, MAJOR JONES, and about the same time when the gallant BURGWYNN was 
shot down. He died in the hospital at Gettysburg a few days after, in the 20th 
year of his age. He lies buried in the land of the stranger and enemy -- but 
his soldierly conduct -- his frank and generous nature -- made many friends 
who cannot forget him until they too sleep their "last long sleep." 
                                   A WOUNDED COMRADE


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