★  Jackson, Nathaniel J.

Nathaniel James Jackson

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Born: July 28, 1818

Birthplace: Newburyport, Massachusetts

Father: Nathaniel Jackson 1775 – 1863

Mother:
Johanna Todd 1792 – 1856

Wife:
Julia A. Longley 1831 – 1885
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Massachusetts)​

Children:

Charles E. Jackson 1849 – 1935​
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Massachusetts)​
George A. Jackson 1851 – 1925​
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Massachusetts)​

Occupation before War:

Superintendent of Hill Mill in Lewiston, Maine​
Served in the Maine State Militia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Colonel of 1st Maine Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 5th Maine Infantry Regiment​
1862: Served in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign​
1862: Wounded in the right elbow at Battle of Gaines Mill​
1862: Served in the Battle of Crampton’s Gap and Antietam​
1862: Wounded in the knee at Battle of Crampton’s Gap​
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers​
1862: Stationed at Harper’s Ferry during Battle of Fredericksburg​
1863: Wounded in Spotsylvania County when his horse slipped​
1863: Commander of Draft Depot on Rikers Island and Hart’s Island
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1864: Division Commander during Sherman’s March to the Sea​
1865: Division Commander at Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina​
1865: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry at Gaines Mill, Virginia​
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on August 24th

Occupation after War:

Coal Mine Operator​
1891 – 1892: Suffered from the effects of a Stroke​

Died:
April 21, 1892

Place of Death: Jamestown, New York

Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorrhage

Age at time of Death: 73 years old

Burial Place:
Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Massachusetts
 
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His being given command of the 5th Maine as their colonel was not a popular move, it led to a near mutiny and several officer did resign before general Slocum stepped in.
 
That accident which prevented him from any battles till the fall occurred on April 17, 1863. His horse slipped and fractured Jackson's thigh. Then it was light duty until September 20, 1864 when he was ordered to join Sherman.
 
Col.Jackson's 1st Maine was only a 90 day regiment and saw no combat in Washington's defense.It was mustered out on August 5th. The 5th Maine that Jackson later commanded was combined with the 7th Maine to form the 1st Maine Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
 
1864: Division Commander during Sherman’s March to the Sea1865: Division Commander at Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
Jackson commanded 1st Division, 20th Corps, of the Army of Georgia (Slocum's Left Wing of Sherman's force). 1st Division had previously been commanded by Brigadier General Alpheus Williams, who now commanded the 20th Corps.
 
Contrary to the statement in Jackson's wiki biography his death was reported in the Buffalo. The following article is from the 28 April 1892 edition of the Buffalo Weekly Express. which was a duplicate of an article from the Buffalo Morning Express of April 23. The Buffalo Commercial ran an article on the 25th as well.
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