 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yose, Jones akaunganidza boka revazvipiri, veRockingham Confederates, iro rakazova Company I, 33rd Virginia Infantry. Pakutanga akagadzwa semutungamiriri musi waJune 22, 1861, akarwa muhondo yekutanga yeManassas. Musi waAugust 21, 1861, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel we33rd. Akarwa muGeneral Thomas J. Stonewall Jacksons Shenandoah Valley Campaign muchirimo cha 1862, pasi paColonel John F. Neff mwanakomana wemushumiri weLutheran uye mumwe wake akapedza kudzidza kuVMI akaurayiwa muhondo paHondo yechipiri yeManassas. Jones akabva agadzwa kuti atungamirire rimwe divi muStonewall Division. Akatungamirira brigade mukati memazuva manomwe achirwa muhondo yeWhite Oak Swampuye Malvern Hill, uko akakuvadzwa, akaunganidzwa uye akadzorerwazve. 