Sidney D. Jackman
| Sidney Drake Jackman | |
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Sidney Drake Jackman
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| Born |
March 7, 1826 or March 21, 1828 Jessamine County, Kentucky |
| Died | June 2, 1886 (aged 60) Hays County, Texas |
| Place of burial | Kyle Cemetery |
| Allegiance | |
| Service/branch | Confederate Army |
| Years of service | 1861–65 |
| Rank |
 Colonel, CSA Assigned to duty as:Brigadier General |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
| Other work | farmer, legislator, law enforcement |
Sidney Drake Jackman (March 7, 1826 or March 21, 1828 – June 2, 1886) was an American farmer, teacher, and soldier. He served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, most noted for his performance in the early part of the Battle of Westport in 1864.
After the war Jackman fled to Mexico, then returned to the United States. He again took up farming, served as a state legislator, and later entered law enforcement.
Jackman was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, in the spring of either 1826 or 1828, the son of Thomas Jackman and his wife Mary Drake. Sometime in 1830 the family moved to Howard County, Missouri, where Sidney Jackman was taught some basic schooling. By late in the 1840s he was living in Boone County, Missouri, where he look up work as a schoolteacher as well as farming. On February 18, 1849, Jackman married his first wife, Martha Rachael Slavin, in Boone County, and they would have two daughters and four sons together.
Soon after getting married Jackman moved his family to Howard County, Missouri, and in 1855 they settled in Papinville, located in Bates County. In both locales Jackman again was farming and teaching. Jackman organized local militias while in Papinville to deal with "Jayhawker" and other raids from nearby Kansas, and in 1860 he relocated his family further into Missouri's interior to try to avoid these troubles. By the time of the American Civil War, Jackman was a captain in the Missouri State Militia.
Jackman chose to follow the Confederate cause in 1861, and entered the Missouri State Guard. In May 1862 he led cavalry troops in the raid of Neosho, Missouri. In the summer of 1862 was authorized to raise a cavalry regiment of Missourians in Arkansas. Finding this slow going, he obtained permission to recruit in Missouri. On August 16 Jackman fought at the Battle of Lone Jack, where he led troops that helped defeat the Union forces occupying Lone Jack, Missouri. While this unit was originally mounted, upon its return to Arkansas it was dismounted by Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman. It was mustered into Confederate service on August 31 in Arkansas under Col. Jackman. It was designated the 7th, then the 16th Missouri Infantry. On October 25, 1862 Jackman resigned to resume recruiting in Missouri.
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