Alexander C. Jones

After convalescing from his injuries and serving in the Bureau of Conscription he resigned his commission on June 16, 1863, and requested a transfer to the Trans-Mississippi Dept.

There he served on John Bankhead Magruder's staff and was then given the command of a Texas brigade of infantry.

Gen. Kirby Smith recommended his promotion to brigadier-general on March 16, 1865, although there is no confirmation of his appointment.

He was given a presidential pardon, dated August 15, 1865, sponsored by the Attorney General and the Hon.

He then returned to West Virginia, and lived in Wheeling with his wife Ella Clemens' family.

Presidential pardons for ex-Confederates from Virginia and West Virginia, published in the Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Dispatch , Jan. 10, 1867