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General Alfred E. Jackson
Alfred E. Jackson began his Confederate States Army service as a major on September 11, 1861.[2] Taking advantage of his experience, he served as quartermaster on the staff of Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer until Zollicoffer was killed at the Battle of Mill Springs[3][4]
Jackson then served as a paymaster at Knoxville, Tennessee[3] under the command of then Major General E. Kirby Smith.[5] Jackson's original appointment as a brigadier general on October 29, 1862, was canceled.[2] He was promoted to brigadier general on February 9, 1863.[2][3][4]
After this promotion, Alfred Jackson was given command of a brigade in the Confederate Department of East Tennessee in April 1863.[2][3] The brigade had both cavalry troopers and infantry soldiers and the men in the brigade were rotated in and out at various times.[6][7] In May 1863, the brigade briefly was attached to the Army of Tennessee.[2] Jackson's brigade took part in several minor battles and skirmishes, pursued deserters, raided into eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia and fought Union loyalists and bushwackers.[6] They captured the 100th Ohio Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Telford's Station, Tennessee.[3]
The unit was assigned to Major General Robert Ransom Jr's. division between October 1863 and February 1864, Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson's division in February and March 1864, and Major General Simon Buckner's division in April and May 1864, all in the Confederate Trans-Allegheny Department.[2] General Braxton Bragg criticized Jackson in a May 1864 report because his men were in "miserable order."[6]
Jackson and his men spent most of the war fighting guerrilla actions and small battles in east Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, far southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina.[6] They supported Brigadier General John S. Williams in his retreat after the Battle of Blue Springs and helped guard the winter quarters of lieutenant general James Longstreet's corps at Knoxville during their detachment to the western theater of the war.[6] They also fought minor engagements with Union Army Major General Ambrose Burnside's men along the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.[6][8]
Jackson and his brigade were ordered to assist in the defense of Saltville, Virginia in the Confederate Department of East Tennessee and West Virginia, successor to the Trans-Allegheny Department from September 30, 1864.[2] Jackson was assigned to light staff duty under Major General John C. Breckenridge in the same department on November 23, 1864.[6] Historian John Stanchak states that this implies the 57-year-old Jackson was in poor health.[6]
Alfred E. Jackson began his Confederate States Army service as a major on September 11, 1861.[2] Taking advantage of his experience, he served as quartermaster on the staff of Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer until Zollicoffer was killed at the Battle of Mill Springs[3][4]
Jackson then served as a paymaster at Knoxville, Tennessee[3] under the command of then Major General E. Kirby Smith.[5] Jackson's original appointment as a brigadier general on October 29, 1862, was canceled.[2] He was promoted to brigadier general on February 9, 1863.[2][3][4]
After this promotion, Alfred Jackson was given command of a brigade in the Confederate Department of East Tennessee in April 1863.[2][3] The brigade had both cavalry troopers and infantry soldiers and the men in the brigade were rotated in and out at various times.[6][7] In May 1863, the brigade briefly was attached to the Army of Tennessee.[2] Jackson's brigade took part in several minor battles and skirmishes, pursued deserters, raided into eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia and fought Union loyalists and bushwackers.[6] They captured the 100th Ohio Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Telford's Station, Tennessee.[3]
The unit was assigned to Major General Robert Ransom Jr's. division between October 1863 and February 1864, Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson's division in February and March 1864, and Major General Simon Buckner's division in April and May 1864, all in the Confederate Trans-Allegheny Department.[2] General Braxton Bragg criticized Jackson in a May 1864 report because his men were in "miserable order."[6]
Jackson and his men spent most of the war fighting guerrilla actions and small battles in east Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, far southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina.[6] They supported Brigadier General John S. Williams in his retreat after the Battle of Blue Springs and helped guard the winter quarters of lieutenant general James Longstreet's corps at Knoxville during their detachment to the western theater of the war.[6] They also fought minor engagements with Union Army Major General Ambrose Burnside's men along the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.[6][8]
Jackson and his brigade were ordered to assist in the defense of Saltville, Virginia in the Confederate Department of East Tennessee and West Virginia, successor to the Trans-Allegheny Department from September 30, 1864.[2] Jackson was assigned to light staff duty under Major General John C. Breckenridge in the same department on November 23, 1864.[6] Historian John Stanchak states that this implies the 57-year-old Jackson was in poor health.[6]