[Jones, William E.]:

$450 · Offered by William Reese Company

RETURN OF CAMP AND GARRISON EQUIPAGE RECEIVED AND ISSUED IN THE FIELD BY LIEUT. WILLIAM E. JONES...DURING THE QUARTER ENDING THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1853 [manuscript caption ... Manuscript form detailing the return of survey equipment, namely tents, due to wear. "I certify that the three wall tents, flies, & poles were entirely worn out & necessarily expended in & for protecting public property," signed by W.E. Jones at Fort Ewell, Texas on December 31, 1853. William E. "Grumble" Jones (1824-1864) was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the U.S. Mounted Rifles, serving with the cavalry fighting Indians in the west. In 1857, he resigned his commission to become a farmer; he later re-entered active military duty, however, serving as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. He was killed at the Battle of Piedmont on June 5, 1864. This is a nice piece of manuscript material from his time on the frontier, signed by him in two places.

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