James S. Jackson
| James Streshly Jackson | |
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James Streshly Jackson
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| Born |
September 27, 1823 Fayette County, Kentucky |
| Died | October 8, 1862 (aged 39) Boyle County, Kentucky |
| Place of burial | Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1846; 1861-1862 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Commands held | 10th Division, Army of the Ohio |
| Battles/wars | |
James Streshly Jackson (September 27, 1823 – October 8, 1862) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, Jackson pursued classical studies at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. He graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1844, and the following year from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Greenupsburg, Kentucky.
During the Mexican-American War, Jackson enlisted on June 9, 1846, as a private in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry; he was elected a third lieutenant one month later. Jackson participated in a duel with Captain Thomas Francis Marshall; fearing a court martial, he resigned from the Army on October 10, 1846.
In 1859, he moved to Hopkinsville from Greenupsburg. He was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4 to December 13, 1861, when he resigned to enter the Union Army.
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