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Col Huntington Wolcott Jackson

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Col Huntington Wolcott Jackson

Birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
3 Jan 1901 (aged 59)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Union Civil War veteran. An impressive monument, epitaph, and distinctive G.A.R. medallion featuring a likeness of General George H. Thomas* mark the grave of Huntington W. Jackson, who had attained the rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel during the Civil War. Born and raised in Newark, NJ, he was the son of John P. and Elizabeth Jackson. In 1867, two years after the war's end, the then 26-year-old veteran moved from New Jersey to Chicago, where he practiced law until his death in 1901, a fortnight before his 60th birthday. Originally a 1st Lieutenant in Company F, 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, he became an aide to General John Newton. While his regiment stayed and fought in Virginia, he was sent south, where he participated in the Campaign to capture Atlanta, Georgia. On March 13, 1865 he received three brevet promotions - Captain, US Volunteers "for especial gallantry at the battle of Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia," Major, US Volunteers "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia," and Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia."
*Although Thomas, the "Rock of Chicamauga", had played a prominent role in the Atlanta Campaign in which Jackson had served so well, the GAR portrait medallion does not necessarily reflect a personal relationship so much as the colonel's membership in a Chicago area veterans' post named after the great Union general.
(Medallion Photo by Nikita Barlow)

Sources of birth date & place:
The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915,
North America Family Histories 1500-2000 (Wolcott Family Genealogy)
Union Civil War veteran. An impressive monument, epitaph, and distinctive G.A.R. medallion featuring a likeness of General George H. Thomas* mark the grave of Huntington W. Jackson, who had attained the rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel during the Civil War. Born and raised in Newark, NJ, he was the son of John P. and Elizabeth Jackson. In 1867, two years after the war's end, the then 26-year-old veteran moved from New Jersey to Chicago, where he practiced law until his death in 1901, a fortnight before his 60th birthday. Originally a 1st Lieutenant in Company F, 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, he became an aide to General John Newton. While his regiment stayed and fought in Virginia, he was sent south, where he participated in the Campaign to capture Atlanta, Georgia. On March 13, 1865 he received three brevet promotions - Captain, US Volunteers "for especial gallantry at the battle of Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia," Major, US Volunteers "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia," and Lieutenant Colonel, US Volunteers "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia."
*Although Thomas, the "Rock of Chicamauga", had played a prominent role in the Atlanta Campaign in which Jackson had served so well, the GAR portrait medallion does not necessarily reflect a personal relationship so much as the colonel's membership in a Chicago area veterans' post named after the great Union general.
(Medallion Photo by Nikita Barlow)

Sources of birth date & place:
The Huntington Family In America 1633-1915,
North America Family Histories 1500-2000 (Wolcott Family Genealogy)

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