Civil War and 1870's Photographs of a Marine Officer

[kanemono]

Here are two photographs of Colonel James Hemphill Jones. Jones was commander of the Marines aboard the side-wheel, steam frigate USS Powhatan, part of the East India Squadron during Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s opening of Japan in 1853. When Commodore Perry wished to make an impression upon the Japanese, he paraded the Powhatan’s Marines, commanded by First Lieutenant James Hemphill Jones, through the streets of Edo. While assigned to the Marine Barracks, Washington, D. C. Captain James H. Jones commanded Co. B of United States Marines at the July 21^st 1861 Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas) where he was lightly wounded by a spent ball which had killed one of his lieutenants. Jones died in 1880.

[Eric Queen]

Spectacular Dick. Love the 19th century USMC images.

[skypilot6670]

Wow ! Those are some great images. Thanks for posting. Mike