Background
JACKSON, John King was born on February 8, 1828 in Augusta, Georgia, United States, United States.
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John King JACKSON
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Private school, southern university.
Career
He attended Richmond Academy in Georgia, graduated with honors from South Carolina College in 1846, studied law, and was admitted to the Augusta bar in 1848. Before the war, he practiced law in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. He seemed to have had no prewar public career.
Jackson married Virginia L. Hardwick in 1849. They had three sons. When the war began, he volunteered for service in the Confederate Army. Early in the war, he was a captain in the Oglethorpe Infantry and colonel of the 5th Georgia Volunteers.
He fought at Santa Rosa Island on October 9, 1861, and served as commander of Confederate troops at Pensacola until January 14, 1862, when he was promoted to brigadier general and was sent to help organize the Army of Tennessee. He fought well as a brigade commander at Shiloh and guarded railroad communications during Braxton Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky in the fall of 1862. Jackson also participated in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga (where 61 percent of his regiment was killed), Chattanooga, and Missionary Ridge.
He accompanied General Joseph E. Johnston to Atlanta during the Georgia campaign of 1863-1864. In August 1864, he was given command of the Department of Florida. He served under General William J. Hardee in the center of the line during the siege of Savannah, and he had charge of the supply depots in the Carolinas during the final months of the war.
He surrendered at the end of the war in North Carolina. After the war he practiced law in Augusta. He obtained relief from the Georgia legislature for personal financial liabilities incurred by Confederate officers during the war years.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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United States