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The Sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.), April 11, 1885, page 5.
Henry Rootes Jackson
Achieving the rank of major general in the Georgia state militia, Henry Rootes Jackson is best known for organizing and commanding state troops during the Atlanta campaign.
He was born on June 24, 1820, in Athens, GA to Martha A Jaquelin Rootes and Henry Jackson. General H R Jackson was the first cousin of Howell Cobb and Thomas Reade Rootes (TRR) Cobb. Their mothers were sisters.)
In 1850 Jackson published a volume of his poetry, Tallulah and Other Poems. The editor and literary critic Evert A. Duyckinck described the poetry as "spirited and manly" and "of a patriotic interest."
In 1885 U.S. president Grover Cleveland appointed him minister to Mexico, but he resigned over a disagreement regarding U.S. government policy. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/henry-rootes-jackson-1820-1898
The Sunny South. (Atlanta, Ga.), April 11, 1885, page 5.