Colonel of the 1st & 5th Maine Infantry Regiments

He was seriously wounded and carried off the battlefield at Gaines's Mill, Virginia in 1862

Wounded on 3 separate occasions during the Civil War and cited for gallantry by his superiors

(1818-92) Born in the coastal town of Newburyport located in Essex County, Massachusetts, Jackson was active in the Maine State Militia, and would command some of those militiamen early in the war. In 1861, Jackson joined the Union army, and was appointed commander of the 1st Maine Infantry Regiment, on May 3rd, with the rank of colonel. On September 3, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 5th Maine Infantry. He was seriously wounded and carried off the battlefield at Gaines's Mill, Va., during General McClellan's 1862 Peninsula campaign. His regiment lost 10 killed, 69 wounded, and 16 men missing in the battle. Upon recovery from his wound, he saw action in the Maryland Campaign at the battles of South Mountain, Crampton's Gap and Antietam, being wounded at Crampton's Gap. Jackson was promoted to brigadier general on September 24, 1862, and commanded a brigade in the 12th Corps of the Army of the Potomac. He was seriously wounded on April 17, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, when he fractured his right thigh. The injury prevented him from participating in the Battle of Chancellorsville that May and he was out of action until the fall. When Jackson was fit enough for light duty, he was given command of the Draft Depot in New York Harbor located on Rikers Island, and then on Hart's Island, posts he held for a year. On November 11, 1864, General Jackson was ordered to the Western Theater and given command of a division of the 20th Corps in the Army of Georgia. He led it during General Sherman's March to the Sea in November and December 1864, in which Jackson was wounded for the third time during the war when he was shot just above his right ankle. In 1865, he continued to lead his division in the Carolina's Campaign until April 2nd, fighting at the Battle of Bentonville. Jackson was brevetted to the rank of major general in the Union Army on March 15, 1865, for his gallant conduct during the war. He was mustered out of the volunteer service on August 24, 1865, and returned to civilian life in Maine. Jackson died on April 21, 1892, in Jamestown, New York, at the home of one of his sons. His body was returned to his native state of Massachusetts and he was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Newburyport where he was born.

Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Bust view in uniform with rank of brigadier general. Imprint on the front mount, Brady, New York. Back mark: Brady's National Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C. Choice condition. Rare.