Camp Jones
On August 3, 1861, Confederate soldiers, belonging to the brigades of Brig. Gens. Henry Whiting and Cadmus Wilcox, arrived from the devastated battlefields of Manassas to the pristine acres surrounding Bristoe Station. Historical marker for CAMP JONES This encampment was named Camp Jones after Col. Egbert Jones of the 4th Alabama Infantry, who died from wounds suffered at the First Battle of Manassas. These rolling hills served as an ideal location for a large encampment, as it was near the fresh water source of the Broad River and close to the vital Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Camp Jones probably consisted of numerous unit encampments spread out around the Bristoe Station area. Sadly little is known about this camp, it's layout, it's hospitals and it's cemeteries today. We know that the Sixth North Carolina State Troops marched here on this date, because they told us ...in their muster roster descriptions, like this one from Co. Co. I, 6th Regiment North Carol