By J.A. Watrous, Adjutant-General Iron Brigade. "GEORGE RUSSELL JONES (II), son of Sterling and Elizabeth Jones, enlisted in the Union Army, 5 Nov 1863, at La Crosse, Wis.; after a course or preliminary drilling and army tactics at Camp Randall, Madison, Wis., he was transferred to Fortress Monroe, Md., where he did guard duty; later he was transferred to City Point, Virginia. >From City Point, Comrade Jones was sent with a squad of Wisconsin recruits to the front, and was assigned to Co. A, 6th Regt. Infy. Wisconsin Volunteers 3rd (the famous Iron Brigade), 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, Gen. Warren in command. The 2nd , 6th and 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana and 24th Michigan regiments composed the Iron Brigade, which was doing service along the line fronting Petersburg, VA. After a rigid training of squad drilling and front picket duty, Mr. Jones participated in the battles that followed, viz.: Stony Creek-Warrens, six days' raid on the Weldon railroad, destroying twenty miles of track and telegraph lines, which served communication between Wilmington and Savannah, attacking the enemy at every point, and capturing many prisoners during the raid. He fought in the battle of Dabner Mills, and the battles of Hatcher's Run, the siege of Petersburg. In January 1865, Mr. Jones was appointed sergeant of his company. On Feb. 4th, General Warren ordered the 5th army corps out at 2 o'clock a.m. to advance and intercept confederate freight teams, hauling goods into Petersburg, as the railroads were put out of commission. During the march, they encountered marshy land overflowed by a freshet with water two to three feed deep for a quarter of a mile and frozen over; they started to walk across, but all broke through, then breaking the ice at every step, they waded across on a freezing cold day; toward evening they camped int the woods on the snow and frozen ground. Sergeant Jones was detailed with a squad from his company to join squads of other companies along the line, as scouts, and form a front picket line; they advanced close to the enemy's trenches, and soon were engaged in a lively skirmish, resulting i Sergeant Jones and his squad returning with thirty prisoners. Ninety-five wagon loads of valuable stores (goods) were captured during the raid. Nearing the close of the Rebellion, Comrade Jones was wounded three times in line of battle, when advancing on the Confederates' fortifications. fronting Petersburg. Sergeant Jones distinguished himself for bravery, when leading his company in the battle of Hatcher's Run, charging the enemy in the thickest of the fight on 6 Feb 1865." To be continued...............Connie