Jackson, Henry Rootes

Life Span
to
Full name
Henry Rootes Jackson
Place of Birth
Athens, GA
Burial Place
Savannah, GA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
Yale
Occupation
Military
Diplomat
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Pierce Administration (1853-57)
Buchanan Administration (1857-61)
State judge
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
In western Virginia, a Union reconnaissance in strength clashes with Confederates on the Green Brier River
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