Myers, Robert M. The Children of Pride: A True Story of Georgia and the Civil War. New Haven, CT: Yale U, 1972. 1845 p. E559M9. Includes Charles C. Jones.

Letters, some 1200 of nearly 7000 extant, between the men and women of a large, well-educated family from Liberty County, Georgia. Although the correspondents are numerous, there are four principal writers. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr., a plantation owner, Presbyterian Minister, and promoter of the spiritual welfare of the slaves, wrote about congregations and church matters, as well as issues of national importance, until his death in 1863. Mrs. Charles Jones, Sr., wrote of everyday events on the plantation, attempts to hold the family together, intrusions by Union soldiers at the family plantation "Montevideo" during Sherman's march, and the eventual sale of the family home and her move to New Orleans. Charles Jr., a Harvard-educated lawyer, described family legal matters, including selling land and slaves, and his experiences in the defense of the Georgia coast and the siege of Charleston. He served with the Chatham Light Artillery Battery and as Colonel, Chief of Artillery, District of Georgia, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Surgeon Major Joseph Jones served in the Confederate Medical Department and conducted research in Confederate prison camps. Among the letters of a sister, Mary Sharpe Jones Mallard, is a description of the siege of Atlanta and her escape to "Montevideo". An abridged version of Children of Pride was published in New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984.

Joseph was the son of Charles Colcock Jones. He was a Major in the C.S.A. Medical Department. Surgeon Major Joseph served in the Confederate Medical Department and conducted research in Confederate prison camps. His Medical Department Report of Andersonville Prison probed the high mortality at Andersonville during the summer of 1864. Although he was a loyal Confederate, he found both the Confederacy and the Union to blame for the condition. A selection from the report was used by the prosecution in the trial of the Andersonville Commander, Captain Henry Wirz.


REF: Jones, Joseph. "Andersonville - A Southern Surgeon's Story." By James O. Breeden. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 47 (July/August 1973); 317-43.


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