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Henry Jackson

Biography
Born ca. 1836
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 01/24/1865
Death Location Pt. Lookout, MD
Father Eli, John Jackson
Mother Elisabeth, Malinda Hunt, 2
Married 03/15/1861
Spouse Leah J. Patrick
Military Units
16th Cavalry
Caldwell's Battalion Cavalry
Ferguson's Battalion
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
16th Cavalry
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Caldwell's Battalion
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Widows Pension
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Census Information:

1850: 789, Age 14
1860: 618, Age 24
1870: DEAD
1880: DEAD
1900: DEAD
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Widow filed pension: 1900, Russell County
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1917 (Widow)

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Captain Jacob C. Gent's Company, Caldwell's Battalion Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for Dated Aug. 7, 1862

Enlisted:
When: July 1, 1862
Where: Russell Va
By whom: Otis Caldwell
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 2
Private, Company B, 16th Virginia Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for Mch. 1 to Apl. 1, 1864 (Dated Apl. 1, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Aug. 16, 1862
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. Caldwell
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Ward
To what time: Dec. 31, 1862

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 3

Appears on a muster roll for Aug. 31, 1863 to Oct. 31, 1864 (Dated Oct. 31, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Apl. 1, 1864
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. Caldwell
Period: War

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time: Due from enlistment

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 4

Appears on a Register of
General Hospital No. 21,
Richmond, Va.

Admitted: Sept. 27, 1862
Disease: Vuls. Sclopt.

x Entry cancelled

Card 5

Appears on a muster roll for Aug. 31 to Dec. 31, 1864 (Dated Dec. 31, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Apl. 7, 1864
Where: Lebanon, Va
By whom: Capt. Gent
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time: Due from enlistment

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Missing in action at Cedarville, Va Nov. 12, 1864

Card 6

Appears on a
Roll of Prisoners of War
captured by the 2d Cavalry Division, Dept. W. Va., at Nineveh, Va.

Roll dated: Not dated

Where captured: Nineveh, Va
When captured: Nov. 12, 1864

Card 7

Appears on a roll of
Prisoners of War
at Point Lookout, Md.

Date of arrival: Harpers Ferry Nov. 18, 1864
Where captured: Near Nineveh
When captured: Nov. 12
Remarks: Died January 24, 1865

Card 8

HOSPITAL RECORD.

SUBJECT TO THE

ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
UNITED STATES ARMY.

H. Jackson
Pvt. B, 16 Va. Cav.
Jany 24 65
Pt. Lookout, Md.

Card 9

No. 1
RECORD OF DEATH AND INTERMENT.

Name and number of person interred: Jackson, H.
Number and locality of the grave: 856. In Pris. of War Grave Yards.
Hospital number of the deceased: 6260
Regiment, rank, and company: 16th Va. Cavalry, Private, Co. "B"

Cause of death: Chronic Dysentery

Date of death and burial: January 24th, 1865

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