James Jackson Jr.
Born: April 21, 1822
Birthplace: Lauderdale County, Alabama
Father: James Jackson Sr. 1782 – 1840
(Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Mother: Sarah Moore 1790 – 1879
(Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Wife: Elizabeth Perkins 1832 – 1872
(Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Children:
Jane Jackson 1853 – 1853
(Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Mary Steele Jackson 1854 – 1861
(Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Sarah Jackson 1856 – 1861
(Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Queen Jackson Haley 1857 – 1941
(Buried: Savannah Cemetery, Savannah, Tennessee)
Elenora Jackson Phillips 1858 – 1937
(Buried: Clanton Cemetery, Clanton, Alabama)
Charles Pollard Jackson 1864 – 1936
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Robert Andrew Jackson 1865 – 1936
(Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Elizabeth Jackson 1869 – 1871
(Buried: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama)
Occupation before War:
Planter near Florence, Alabama
Civil War Career:
1861: Private, Company H, 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1861: Wounded at First Battle of Manassas, Virginia
1861: Discharged as Private from 4th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862: Lt. Colonel of 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1862: Captured at Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee
1862: Held as Prisoner of War for 7th months until exchanged
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1864: Wounded in arm causing amputation Battle of Kennesaw Mtn.
1864: Missed the Rest of Atlanta and Tennessee Campaigns
1865: Led Loring's Division at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1879: Planter in Lauderdale County, Alabama
Died: August 14, 1879
Place of Death: Lauderdale County, Alabama
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Jackson Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama
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