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CPT John Morris Jackson

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CPT John Morris Jackson

Birth
Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia, USA
Death
31 Aug 1864 (aged 36–37)
Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia, USA
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Clayton County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Co A 34 GA Inf CSA∼Captain, Co. A, 34th GA Infantry. Died during the Battle of Jonesboro. Great grandson of Captain John Martin White ( Am Rev) of Elbert Co, GA.∼John Married Amelia in 1855, and he and his bride moved to Dalton, Ga. where he opened a law office. John Jackson was one of 301 delegates in Georgia who attended the secession convention. He voted against immediate secession at the 16 Jan. convention in Milledgeville. Once Georgia voted to secede, John went home and raised a company of Confederate soldiers known as the Fitzgerald Rifles. In March 1863 John was promoted to Major but took a leave of absence to serve for a short time as a senator. Later that year John returned to military service with the 34th, and was killed in the Battle of Jonesboro. His wife, Amelia, died in 1912 and is buried in West Hill Cemetery.

Co A 34th Georgia Infantry
CSA

Co A was from Whitfield Co. and was called the Fitzgerald Rifles.

The 34th organized 17 May 1862. The men came from the counties of Whitfield Co A, Cherokee Co B, Coweta, Troup Co C, Chattooga Co D, Jackson Co E, Dade Co F, Franklin Co G, Banks Co H, Franklin Co I, Carroll and Heard Co J. Battles: Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta Campaign, New Hope Church, Jonesboro, Nashville, Carolinas, Bentonville. They surrendered April 1865.

The Battle of Jonesboro was fought August 31, and September 1, 1864. It was the final battle of the Atlanta Campaign, and was the ultimate reason that the city of Atlanta fell into Union hands. Sherman occupied Atlanta 3 Sep 1864.
Co A 34 GA Inf CSA∼Captain, Co. A, 34th GA Infantry. Died during the Battle of Jonesboro. Great grandson of Captain John Martin White ( Am Rev) of Elbert Co, GA.∼John Married Amelia in 1855, and he and his bride moved to Dalton, Ga. where he opened a law office. John Jackson was one of 301 delegates in Georgia who attended the secession convention. He voted against immediate secession at the 16 Jan. convention in Milledgeville. Once Georgia voted to secede, John went home and raised a company of Confederate soldiers known as the Fitzgerald Rifles. In March 1863 John was promoted to Major but took a leave of absence to serve for a short time as a senator. Later that year John returned to military service with the 34th, and was killed in the Battle of Jonesboro. His wife, Amelia, died in 1912 and is buried in West Hill Cemetery.

Co A 34th Georgia Infantry
CSA

Co A was from Whitfield Co. and was called the Fitzgerald Rifles.

The 34th organized 17 May 1862. The men came from the counties of Whitfield Co A, Cherokee Co B, Coweta, Troup Co C, Chattooga Co D, Jackson Co E, Dade Co F, Franklin Co G, Banks Co H, Franklin Co I, Carroll and Heard Co J. Battles: Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta Campaign, New Hope Church, Jonesboro, Nashville, Carolinas, Bentonville. They surrendered April 1865.

The Battle of Jonesboro was fought August 31, and September 1, 1864. It was the final battle of the Atlanta Campaign, and was the ultimate reason that the city of Atlanta fell into Union hands. Sherman occupied Atlanta 3 Sep 1864.

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