{⋆★⋆} BG Jackson, Alfred E.

Alfred Eugene Jackson Sr.
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Born: January 11, 1807

Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee

Father: Samuel Dorsey Jackson 1755 – 1836

Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Woodrow 1764 – 1844

Wife: Seraphina Cordelia Taylor 1808 – 1880
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)​

Children:

Major Nathaniel T. Jackson 1830 – 1862​
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)​
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Mary C. Jackson Carter 1832 – 1908​
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​
Eva Jackson Deaderick 1836 – 1874​
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)​
Captain Alfred E. Jackson Jr. 1843 – 1862​
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)​

Education:

Attended Washington College Academy​
Attended Greenville College in Tennessee​

Occupation before War:

Farmer, Wholesale Produce Businessman and Mercantile Business​
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Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Quartermaster for Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer​
1862: Confederate Army Paymaster in Knoxville, Tennessee​
Served in the fighting in Eastern Tennessee​
1862: Appointment as Brigadier General Cancelled​
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
Captured 100th Ohio Infantry Regiment Battle of Telford’s Station​
Served in the fighting along East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad​
1863: His troops gave support at retreat Battle of Blue Springs, TN​
1863 – 1864: Served in the Defense of Saltville, Virginia​
1864: Assigned light Staff duty on Breckinridge’s Staff​
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Occupation after War:

Tenant Farmer in Virginia before receiving Presidential Pardon​
1865: Granted Presidential Pardon for kindness in Greenville, TN​
1865 – 1889: Farmer in Jonesborough, Tennessee​

Died: October 30, 1889

Place of Death: Jonesborough Washington County Tennessee

Age at time of Death: 82 years old

Burial Place:
Jonesborough City Cemetery Jonesborough, TN


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Alfred Eugene Jackson Sr.
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Born: January 11, 1807

Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee

Father: Samuel Dorsey Jackson 1755 – 1836

Mother: Elizabeth Catherine Woodrow 1764 – 1844

Wife: Seraphina Cordelia Taylor 1808 – 1880
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)​

Children:

Major Nathaniel T. Jackson 1830 – 1862​
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)​
Mary C. Jackson Carter 1832 – 1908​
(Buried: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee)​
Eva Jackson Deaderick 1836 – 1874​
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)​
Captain Alfred E. Jackson Jr. 1843 – 1862​
(Buried: Jonesborough City Cemetery, Jonesborough, Tennessee)​

Education:

Attended Washington College Academy​
Attended Greenville College in Tennessee​

Occupation before War:

Farmer, Wholesale Produce Businessman and Mercantile Business​
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Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Quartermaster for Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer​
1862: Confederate Army Paymaster in Knoxville, Tennessee​
Served in the fighting in Eastern Tennessee​
1862: Appointment as Brigadier General Cancelled​
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
Captured 100th Ohio Infantry Regiment Battle of Telford’s Station​
Served in the fighting along East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad​
1863: His troops gave support at retreat Battle of Blue Springs, TN​
1863 – 1864: Served in the Defense of Saltville, Virginia​
1864: Assigned light Staff duty on Breckinridge’s Staff​
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Occupation after War:

Tenant Farmer in Virginia before receiving Presidential Pardon​
1865: Granted Presidential Pardon for kindness in Greenville, TN​
1865 – 1889: Farmer in Jonesborough, Tennessee​

Died: October 30, 1889

Place of Death: Jonesborough Washington County Tennessee

Age at time of Death: 82 years old

Burial Place:
Jonesborough City Cemetery Jonesborough, TN



The General was reportedly photographed on his horse shortly before his death in 1899. At that time, he was the oldest citizen of Tennessee's oldest town, (Jonesborough).
 
Some of his command was at one time Cherokee Indians, I believe. Also I've read how his first appointment as a brigadier general was canceled. And he was reappointented the following spring. Exactly what does it mean to have an appointment canceled?
 
Some of his command was at one time Cherokee Indians, I believe

These were actually troops belonging to the "Thomas Legion" commanded by Colonel William Thomas in North Carolina. They had been dispatched to East Tennessee and Jackson wouldn't send them back. It resulted in a feud between Jackson and Thomas, that I believe Jefferson Davis had to eventually settle. Jackson was never very popular with the Confederate high command, or the men under his authority. Hence the nickname, "Old Mudwall".
 


Brigadier-General Alfred E. Jackson, in 1861, was
quartermaster of Zollicoffer's brigade, and very active in
collecting supplies for the soldiers and whatever things
needed for their full equipment, in which duty he was very
efficient. During 1862 he served in the department of East
Tennessee under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, and proved himself so
capable that he was commissioned brigadier-general, and on
February 9, 1863, was assigned to the military department of
East Tennessee, then commanded by General Donelson.

In this region he had command of a brigade under Donelson and
Maury, and was kept on the alert against raiding parties of
the enemy. In September, 1863, when most of the Confederate
troops had been ordered to Bragg at Chattanooga, and Burnside
with a Federal army corps had occupied Knoxville, Jackson,
with his own small command and that of Colonel Giltner,
advanced to Telford's depot, and there defeated a Federal
advance force, capturing 350 prisoners.

On the theater of Jackson's operations there was a good deal
of this sort of detachment work in which there was plenty of
marching and fighting, but very little chance for renown,
because the great battles so obscured the small affairs that
in many parts of the country they were never even heard of.

In October, under Gen. John S. Williams, he took a gallant
part in the victory at Greeneville, east Tennessee. His
command was included in Ransom's division during Longstreet's
operations in east Tennessee. On November 23, 1864, being
unfit for active service in the field, he was ordered to
report temporarily to General Breckinridge.

After the war had ended, General Jackson, like the thousands
of other citizen-soldiers, returned quietly to the pursuits of
peace. On October 30, 1889, he died at Jonesboro, Tenn.

Source: Confederate Military History, vol. X, p. 315
 
This Parson Brownlow must have been one odd character. He was both Pro Union and Pro Slavery. Mountain Folks in East Tennessee did not care much for Slavery. He too was not well liked. But I also looked through several biographies and can find nothing about Alfred Jackson being called "Mudwall". Are you saying there were two Mudwall Jacksons during the Civil War?
 
This Parson Brownlow must have been one odd character. He was both Pro Union and Pro Slavery. Mountain Folks in East Tennessee did not care much for Slavery. He too was not well liked. But I also looked through several biographies and can find nothing about Alfred Jackson being called "Mudwall". Are you saying there were two Mudwall Jacksons during the Civil War?

It's always been my understanding that's how he was known locally, (behind his back of course), Alfred was probably never out of East Tennessee any farther than S.W.Virginia and never commanded more than a Brigade with mixed results. Extremely disliked by other field commanders and hard to get along with.

"On November 23, 1864, being unfit for active service in the field, he was ordered to
report temporarily to General Breckinridge"..............


Confederate Military History, vol. X, p. 315
 
What was it that made him "unfit fot active servive"? Did he have some medical problem? He was only 56 or 57 years old and lived another 25 years. Granted that is old by civil war standards but I don't see how it would handicap a person.
 
What was it that made him "unfit fot active servive"? Did he have some medical problem? He was only 56 or 57 years old and lived another 25 years. Granted that is old by civil war standards but I don't see how it would handicap a person.

The 1982 book on the Thomas Legion, "Storm In The Mountains" say's he had a "nervous condition". He was one of the few owners of numerous slaves in upper East Tennessee and a prominent businessman. He lost everything in the war, including two sons. The author of this book, Vernon Crow, makes mention of him several times as "Old Mudwall" or simply "Mudwall" Jackson.
 
I'm not doubting your word on this and I have never read this book. I simply was not aware that there were 2 Mudwall Jacksons. Also at the beginning of this thread is a picture titled "Oak Grove". What is the relation between Oak Grove and Alfred Jackson?
 
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I'm not doubting your word on this and I have never read this book. I simply was not aware that there were 2 Mudwall Jacksons. Also at the beginning of this thread is a picture titled "Oak Grove". What is the relation between Oak Grove and Alfred Jackson?

Not sure, maybe his family home in Jonesboro? His historical marker is on Oak Grove Avenue.

 
I'll have to take your word on it. For some reason this device is not letting me into the link you provided. But I will keep trying. I don't know if it's the device itself or my lack of experience in these things. I suppose a person is never too old to learn something about the Civil War. I'd have never have bet there were two "Mudwalls Jacksons" . Also that picture of Oak Grove looks strangely familiar. At first I mistook it for Elm Spring in Tennessee?.
 
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