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Henry Rootes Jackson 1820 - 1898

Henry Rootes Jackson was born on June 24, 1820 in Athens, Comté de Clarke County, GA États-Unis, and died at age 77 years old on May 23, 1898 in Savannah, Comté de Chatham County. Henry Jackson was buried at Cimetière de Bonaventure 330 Bonaventure Rd, in Thunderbolt, Chatham County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry Rootes Jackson.

Henry Rootes Jackson

June 24, 1820

Athens, Comté de Clarke County, GA, États-Unis

May 23, 1898

Savannah, Comté de Chatham County, GA, États-Unis

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Introduction

Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. After Georgia seceded from the Union, he accepted an appointment as a Brigadier General in the Provisional Confederate Army in June, 1861. He served initially in the Army of the Northwest under General Robert E. Lee, seeing action during the Cheat Mountain operations. In December, 1861, he accepted command of a division of Georgia state troops, he was left without a command when the conscript act passed and turned his division over to the central government. He served in various capacities during the Atlanta Campaign, taking charge of the deceased General Clement H. Steven's brigade. He commanded the brigade at Franklin and at Nashville, Tennessee, where he was captured. He would remain a prisoner until the end of the war. After the war, he was appointed minister to Mexico by president Grover Cleveland and served until 1886.
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1820

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June 24, 1820

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Athens, Comté de Clarke County, GA États-Unis

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1898

Death

May 23, 1898

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Unknown
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Savannah, Comté de Chatham County, GA États-Unis
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Cimetière de Bonaventure 330 Bonaventure Rd, in Thunderbolt, Chatham County, GA 31404, États-Unis
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