https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/031506https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/031506.jpgConfederate General William E. 'Grumble' Jones of Washington County, Va.1862Civil War--Officers.Civil War--Portraits--G-J.Jones entered the war as a Captain in the 1st Virginia Cavalry and was subsequently promoted to General, commanding the Laurel Brigade under J.E.B. Stuart. In 1863 he was transferred to the Trans-Allegheny Department, leading the successful "Jones-Imboden Cavalry Raid" through a large portion of West Virginia. Jones was killed in the Shenandoah Valley during the Battle at Piedmont, Virginia, June, 1864.West Virginia History OnView