Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. Sam Jones” in chapter 33, page 684 of Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia:
...f Western Virginia.
Subsequently he was in command at the Narrows of New river, with his own and Echols' brigade, until February, 1863, when he was stationed in the neighborhood of Abingdon.
When Gen. Sam Jones was ordered in July to send troops to Lee's army, Wharton was detached, and Jones sent word to Lee, He is an admirable officer, has commanded a brigade for eighteen months.
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