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harleston, and commanded by Col. John P. Thomas. He served in this command as a private about two months, and then was active in the organization of a cavalry company mustered in about July, 1863, of which he was elected second lieutenant. This company was composed entirely of boys under eighteen years of age, except the captain, Edward Avery. It was designed for service in the State, and after its urgent requests for a more active field had been repeatedly denied, the boys disbanded January 1, 1864, in order to re-enlist in other organizations. On January 8th Allen Jones enlisted in Company H, commanded by his brother, Cadwallader Jones, Jr., of his father's regiment, the Twelfth. With this command he soon found active service about Richmond, fighting at Frayser's Farm, where a package of letters on his breast alone saved him from a dangerous wound; at Fussell's Mill, and in the Petersburg trenches until the battle of Reams' Station, where he was shot through the right arm. He w