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View Tree for John JacksonJohn Jackson (b. 1812, d. 15 Sep 1863)

John Jackson (son of Joseph Jackson)317 was born 1812 in Bullitt Co, KY, and died 15 Sep 1863 in Camp Delaware. He married Catherine Spencer on 10 Jun 1830, daughter of Christener Spencer and Rebecca UNKNOWN.

 Includes NotesNotes for John Jackson:
Father Jospeh Jackson, Born VA, Mother also born in VA. John wasin the 4th calvary company E of Kentucky. Buried at Finns Point Cemetary, Pea Patch Island in the deleware.

John found in 1850 census living in Bullett County occupation listed as Cooper. Shown as head of household 788 (nearly next door to Issac Jackson) Census states John was born in Kentucky. His brother Issac is also on census stating as born in Virginia

Prisons, Paroles & POWs
Fort Delaware "Bent On Exacting Revenge"

Fort Delaware, the prisoner-of-war camp on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, was a pesthole and death camp for the Confederate inmates. Eating rats to supplement their starvation diets, they desperately clung to life in spite of the policies of the U.S. government and prison officials who seemed bent on exacting revenge on helpless men whose only crime had been to fight and be captured in the service of their country. U.S. prison inspector reports of inadequate medical facilities, deplorable living conditions, and overcrowding were ignored by the Commissary General of Prisoners Col. William Hoffman and Commandant Gen. Albin F. Schoepf.

Though prisoner rations in Fort Delaware were supposed to be the same as those of the guards, medical reports from November 1863 to February 1864 reveal 365 cases of scurvy among the prison population of 2,747, with only three cases of scurvy reported among the 1,068 guards. By further cutting the meager rations of the prisoners, Schoepf had amassed $23,000 dollars in a prison fund. The medical director recommended that some of the money be used to purchase fresh vegetables, which would quickly cure the inmates' scurvy, but Schoepf refused.

Prisoner diaries are full of blistering diatributes about Schoepf, whom they called "General Terror", and others among the guards who made prison life even more miserable than it naturally was. On orders from Schoepf's adjutant, Capt. George Ahl, a lame prisoner was shot and killed while returning from the privies because he moved too slowly. Ahl's assistant, Lt. George Wolfe, was as sadistic as his superiors and delighted in eating fresh fruit in front of the prisoners, and watching them scramble for the peels he would throw into the mud. For trivial offenses these prison officials would have inmates hung by their thumbs for an entire day.

Across the river from the prison on the New Jersey shore lie the mass graves of 2,436 Confederate soldiers who died during their incarceration at Fort Delaware.

Fascinating Fact: As the last inmates were leaving Fort Delaware in July 1865, high-ranking Confederates captured after the end of hostilities were arriving. The last of these men were not released until January 1866.

http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/PrisonsParolesAndPOWs/fortdelaware2.html


4th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry

4th Cavalry Regiment was formed at Salyersville, Kentucky, in October, 1862. The unit served in the Department of East Tennessee and later in the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee. It was involved in numerous conflicts in Tennessee and Kentucky, then during October, 1864, skirmished in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. During the spring of 1865 it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Henry L. Giltner, Lieutenant Colonel Moses T. Pryor, and Major Nathan Parker.

http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm




More About John Jackson:
Census: 1850, Buillitt County Kentucky.
Military service: 1863
Residence: 1850, Not Stated, Bullitt, Kentucky.317

More About John Jackson and Catherine Spencer:
Marriage: 10 Jun 1830

Children of John Jackson and Catherine Spencer are:
  1. Caroline Jackson, b., Bullitt Co. KY.
  2. +Dory Jackson, b. 08 Jun 1830, Bullitt Co, KY, d. 26 Jan 1920, Bullitt Co., KY.
  3. Robert Jackson, b. 1834, Bullitt Co, KY.
  4. +Benjamin Hardin Jackson, b. 22 Dec 1834, Bullitt Co. KY, d. 1890, Hancock Co. KY.
  5. +John Thomas Jackson, b. Oct 1839, Bullitt Co. KY, d. 14 Feb 1926, Bullitt Co. KY.
  6. Malinda A Jackson, b. 1841, Bullitt Co., KY.
  7. +Hillary G. Jackson, b. Oct 1844, Bullitt Co. KY, d., Hancock Co. KY.
  8. +George K Jackson, b. Oct 1844, Bullitt Co. KY, d. Aft. 1880, Hancock Co. KY.
  9. Celia A. Jackson, b. 1846, Bullitt Co, KY.
  10. Joseph Jackson, b. 1848, Bullitt Co. KY.
  11. +Mary J. (could be Minerva Jane) Jackson, b. 1852, Bullitt Co. KY, d. 15 Nov 1895, Ohio Co. KY.
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