 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Musi waOctober 8, 1862, Jones akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chacolonel ndokuendeswa ku154th New York Volunteers, kana kuti Hardtack regiment, ipapo pasi pokutungamirirwa neaichimbova shamwari yake yemutemo Colonel Addison Rice. Rice akanga avamba chikwata chacho uye, mukati memwedzi miviri yokusvika kwacho kuNorthern Virginia, akaendesa utungamiriri hwake kuna Jones. 154th yaive chikamu cheGeneral Oliver O. Howards XI Corps panguva yeHondo yeChancellorsville, yakabatanidzwa ne1st Brigade ye2nd Division yakarairwa naBrigadier General Adolph von Steinwehr, uko Jones akakuvara muhudyu kurudyi apo yuniti yake yakamiswa uye yakapfuura nemauto eConfederate pasi paThomas Stonewall Jackson zvichikonzera kubatwa kwake. Jones akaramba ari musungwa wehondo kwemwedzi mishanu kusvikira aburitswa mukutsinhana kwevasungwa muna Gumiguru 1863; dzimwe nhoroondo dzinoti akaburitswa pamutemo nekuda kwezvikonzero zvekurapa musi waMay 15 uye zvakare akaiswa muchipatara muWashington munaJune uko aive nekurwiswa kwe amaurosis mwedzi miviri gare gare. Mushure mokubudiswa kwake muchipatara muAnnapolis, Maryland, Jones akaiswa mutariri wevasungwa vakadzingwa vasati vadzokera kubasa rinoshanda uye vakabatana neXI Corps pavakaendeswa kuTennessee. Chikamu chacho chaivapo paChattanooga panguva yokurwiswa kweMishinari Ridgemwedzi wakatevera, zvisinei havana kutora rutivi muhondo. 