<prompt> Feleletša polelo ye e latelago: Ge Ntwa ya Selegae ya Amerika e be e thoma ka 1861, Jones o ile a ithapela go tsenela madira a Union. Ka October 3 o ile a kgethwa bjalo ka mokapotene wa 53rd Ohio Infantry Regiment, gomme a bona tiro bjalo ka nakong ya Ntwa ya Shiloh le Siege ya Korinthe. Ka May 2, 1862, Jones o ile a ba mokolonele wa Ohio ya bo-53 le molaodi wa yona. O ile a etelela pele sehlopha sa gagwe nakong ya go rakelelwa ga Vicksburg le nakong ya ntwa ya Missionary Ridge, bobedi bja tšona ka 1863. Jones o ile a bona ditiro tše dingwe nakong ya 1864 Atlanta Campaign, a lwa kua Resaca, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain le  <response>: Go ya Atlanta. Ka August, Jones o ile a kgethwa go ba molaodi wa brigade ge molaodi wa gagwe, Brigadier General Joseph A. J. Lightburn a be a gobetše gomme a tlogela taelo ya ntwa yeo e bego e šetše. Mokolonele Jones bjale o ile a etelela pele Brigade ya 2 ya William B. Hazens Division ya 2 ya XV Corps kua Jonesboro. Ka mo go sa letelwago, Brigade ya 1 ya sehlopha seo le yona e be e eteletšwe pele ke Kolonele Jones yo mongwe, e lego Theodore Jones wa Ohio ya bo-30. Wells Jones o ile a tšea karolo ka 1864 ka March to the Sea, gomme a gobatšwa nakong ya ditlhaselo tša Fort McAllister, Georgia ka December 13. 