Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Jones, sau da yawa ana kiransa "Jenk", ya shiga cikin 1862 a cikin Baturi na 6 na Wisconsin Volunteer Army. Ayyukansa na soja sun haɗa da yaƙe-yaƙe na Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain
da kuma Atlanta. Ya sha wahala a ƙafa a Missionary Ridge wanda ya buƙaci ya yi tafiya tare da sanda har tsawon rayuwarsa. Abin da ya fuskanta a lokacin yaƙi ya tabbatar masa cewa dole ne mutane su nemi wata hanya ta magance rashin jituwa da ke tsakaninsu. Bayan da aka cire shi daga soja, Jones ya zama mai fafutukar zaman lafiya.