 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yevagari vomuAmerica payakatanga muna 1861, Jones akazvipira kupinda muuto reUnion. Musi waGumiguru 3 akasarudzwa kaputeni we53rd Ohio Infantry Regiment, uye akaona chiito chakadai panguva yeHondo yeShiro uye Kurwiswa kweKorinde. Musi waMay 2, 1862, Jones akava colonel we 53rd Ohio uye mukuru wayo mukuru. Akatungamirira chikwata chake panguva yeKukombwa kweVicksburg uye muhondo yeMishinari Ridge, zvose muna 1863. Jones akaona mamwe mabasa mukati me1864 Atlanta Campaign, achirwa paResaca, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain neAtlanta. MunaAugust, Jones akagadzwa kuva mukuru webrigade apo mukuru wake mukuru, Brigadier General Joseph A. J. Lightburn akakuvadzwa uye akarega kutungamira kwehondo yakasara yehondo. Iye zvino Colonel Jones akatungamirira 2nd Brigade muWilliam B. Hazens 2nd Division yeXV Corps paJonesboro. Nenzira yakafanana, 1st Brigade yechikamu ichocho yakanga ichitungamirirwawo nomumwe Colonel Jones, Theodore Jones we30th Ohio. Wells Jones akabatanidzwa muna 1864 muMarch to the Sea, uye akakuvadzwa panguva yebasa rakapoteredza Fort McAllister, Georgia, musi waDecember 13. 