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JACKSON

Sept. 19-20, 1863, his brigade held the right of Cheatham's division, Polk's corps, Bragg's Army of Tennessee. He greatly distinguisiied him- self in carrying the heights, and gaining entrance to the Federal fortifications, and on being rein- forced, he was able to hold the ground thus gained. In August, 1864, he was given command of the Department of Florida, and at the end of the war returned to the practice of law. He died in Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 27, 1866.

JACKSON, Jonathan, delegate, was born in Boston, Mass., June 4, 1743 ; son of Edward and Dorothy (Quincy) Jackson ; grandson of Jonathan and Mary (Salter) Jackson, and great-grandson of Jonathan Jackson. He was gi'aduated at

Harvard A.B., 1761, A.M. 1764, and en- gaged in the mer- cantile business in He

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congr( of 1 775 ; a represen- tative in the state ■^.'^ ghgislature, 1777; a Rf^ (It legate to the Con- ^g~>tinental congress, 17- ^^^__^ ^ .,.i«^-8^) state senator, ^A^r-^^^allTSO; U.S. marshal "" for the district of Massachusetts, un- der President Washington, 1789-91 ; treasurer of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1802-06 ; inspector and later supervisor of internal reve- nue ; pi'esident of the state bank for sevei'al years ; treasurer of Harvard corporation, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1807-10. He was twice married : first Jan. 3, 1767, to Sarah Barnard, and secondly in 1772 to Hannah, daughter of Capt. Patrick Tracy. He is the author of : Thoughts Ujxjn the Political Situation of the United States (1788). He died in Boston, Mass., March 5, 1810.

JACKSON, Joseph Cooke, soldier, was born in Newark, N. J., Aug. 5, 1835 ; son of John P. and Elizabeth (Wolcott) Jackson ; grandson of Peter and H. Van der Linda (Brinkerhoff ) Jack- son and great grandson of James and Mary (Roome) Jackson. He was graduated at Yale A.B., 1857, A.M., 1860 ; at the University of the City of New York LL.B., 1859, and at Harvard LL.B., 1860 ; and was admitted to practice in New York city in 1860. When Gen. Robert Anderson was assigned to the command of the department of Kentucky, in May, 1861, young Jackson was appointed an aide-de-camp on liis staff, and when the commander was relieved from active duty in October, 1861, Lieutenant Jackson joined the 1st New Jersey volunteers as 2d lieutenant.

He was shortly after assigned to the staff of Gen. Philip Kearny, and refused the colonelcy of the 61st New York volunteers. He became a mem- ber of the staff of Gen. W.B. Franklin in Decem- ber, 1861, and was with that officer in the seven days' fight before Richmond. For his gallantry he was promoted captain and when Franklin be- came commander of the 6th corps, Captain Jackson was retained on his staff. He was com- missioned lieutenant-colonel of the 6th New Jersey volunteers, in December, 1862, and for his gallant action at Fredericksburg, Va.. Dec. 11-15, 1862, he received the brevet of colonel. His term of enlistment expired soon after, and he was appointed by Secretary Stanton a com- missioner of the naval credits, and obtained for New Jersey a credit of 1900 naval enlist- ments, which completed the quota demanded from the state and stopped a contemplated draft. He was bre vetted brigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865. He was appointed U.S. assistant district attorney for the southern district of New York by President Grant in 1870. He was married Oct. 12, 1864, to Katharine P. Day.

JACKSON, Michael, soldier, was born in New- ton, Mass., Dec. 18, 1734; son of Michael and Phoebe (Patten) Jackson ; grandson of Edward and Mary Jackson ; great-grandson of Sebas and Sarah (Baker) Jackson, and greats-grandson of Edward Jackson, who came from England about 1043 ; settled in Cambridge, Mass.; was a deputy to the general court, 1647-64, and a selectman and one of the proprietors of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bay. Michael, Jr., was a lieutenant in the Brit- ish ai-my during the French and Indian wars, and at the outbreak of the Revolution joined a com- pany of minute-men from Newton as private. When the news of the movement of the British troops toward Lexington reached Newton, in the absence of a single commissioned ofificer, Michael Jackson was elected tem^iorary captain of the company, and marched his men to Watertown to- join the regiment, where he made a stirring speech in favor of immediate action, which led the council of officers to move at once to Lexing- ton. Captain Jackson's company was dispersed by Lord Percy's reserve near Concord village, and rallied again when they were reinforced b^^ a ])art of the Watertown company, and harassed the retreating British until night-fall. The Newton company were thanked on the field by General Warren for their bravery. Captain Jackson re- ceived a commission as major in the Continental army. At Bunker Hill he killed a British officer in a hand-to-hand combat. He was made lieu- tenant-colonel of Colonel Bond's regiment, and was wounded at Montressor's Island, N.Y, He was subsequently promoted to the command of the 8th regiment of the Massachusetts line, but