On October 12, 1861, the Titus Greys became Company I of the Ninth Texas' Cavalry when it was organized at Brogden Springs. The regiment was mustered into service and started to Southwestern Missouri' to become a part of General, Price's army. Company I was involved in several fierce battles during the Civil War, including the Battle of Round Mountain, the Battle of Pea Ridge, and the Battle of Corinth. In November, 1862, the Regiment became a part of a cavalry command known as Ross's Texas Brigade and Dudley W. Jones was made Colonel of the Ninth Texas Cavalry Regiment. For the remainder of the war, the Ross Brigade was very active in Tennessee and Mississippi and experienced heavy losses.
After the War, Colonel Jones returned to Titus County and received his law license. He moved to Houston and engaged in the practice of law. He served in the First Constitutional Convention of Texas after the war and died in 1870 in the City of Houston where he was buried."
When the United Confederate Veterans Association organized a Titus County veterans camp, it was named "Colonel Dudley W. Jones Camp No. 121, Mt. Pleasant, Texas". On the evening of April 2, 1911 the Dudley W. Jones Camp held a meeting at the Titus County Court House and officers were re-elected for the ensuing years. They also decided to hold meetings at different places in the county with a goal of raising $3,000 to $5,000 to erect a Confederate monument on the court house lawn, of which $500 had already been raised. It was decided that the ladies would take the lead in providing entertainment to raise funds. To pay for the monument, the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy sold pies and box lunches in Mount Pleasant on Saturdays. The fund raising efforts raised $2,500 to build the statue.
By November, 1912 a statue of a Confederate solider facing north in memory of those who did not return had been erected on the southeast corner of the Court House square. An unveiling and dedication ceremony with prominent Mt. Pleasant businessman Felix W. Fitzpatrick as master of ceremonies, was held on November 2, 1912 before a large crowd.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Monday April 3, 1911
Mount Pleasant U.C.V. Meeting
Mount Pleasant, Tex., April 3- Dudley W. Jones Camp, U.C.V., held a meeting at the court house here yesterday evening and the old officers were re-elected for the ensuing years. The Confederate monument was discussed and it was decided to hold meetings at different places in the county, the ladies to take leading part in providing entertainment to raise funds with which to erect this monument on the court house lawn. Already $500 has been raised for this purpose. It is planned to raise $3,000 or $5,000 to erect the Confederate monument at an early date. The Little Rock reunion was discussed and the Veterans here are planning to attend in a special car provided by the Cotton Belt.
Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas
Saturday, November 2, 1912
Confederate Monument Unveiled
Mount Pleasant, Tex., Nov 2 - The $2,500 Confederate monument erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy was unveiled here today with appropriate exercises before a large audience.
