★★★ Jackson, James

James Jackson Jr.

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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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