Veteran of Queen Victoria's wars and recent immigrant to America, abel jones believed he had left his days in uniform behind. Now, firmly rooted on the shores of his adopted land-where American has taken up arms against ...Veteran of Queen Victoria's wars and recent immigrant to America, abel jones believed he had left his days in uniform behind. Now, firmly rooted on the shores of his adopted land-where American has taken up arms against American in this most terrible of conflicts-he has signed on as a confidential agent to general George McClellan, the man touted as the savior of the union.