| JACKSON, Andrew J.
(Private, Company G, 6th
Alabama Infantry Regiment) Andrew
Johnson Jackson was a married, forty two year old farmer living
near Independence in Autauga County Alabama when he enlisted
into the armed services of the Confederate States of America. His
wife’s name is Parthenia K. Jones, sister to Samuel J. Jones
also of Company G Autauga Rifles. Andrew
and Parthenia had at least five children at the onset of the
War. He was
recruited on March 1, 1862 at Autaugaville Alabama by Captain T
A Davis. Andrew
was present with his company throughout 1862 on the battlefields
of Seven Pines, 2nd Manassas and others, but absent at the
battle of Fredericksburg during the fall of the year when he
fell sick and was admitted on October 28, 1862 to the Chimborazo
Hospital No.1 at Richmond, Virginia. |
| Diagnosed
with Ascites, an excess build up of fluids within the
body’s organ cavity region, he was treated and then
transferred to the C.S.A. General Hospital at Dansville,
Virginia on November 3, 1862.
This condition is associated with several diseases, but most
likely was caused from a bacterial infection. He
was treated for Rheumatism (Arthritis) as well. Returned
to duty in late December of 1862, Andrew shortly fell
sick again and was admitted to the 2nd Alabama
Hospital at Richmond, Virginia for about one month.
After
a 3-month battle with his illness, he made a successful
return to duty on January 17, 1863. Andrew
survived the hard fought battles at Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. His
luck ran thin again at Spotsylvania during the two weeks
of battle there from May 8-21, 1864. Records
indicate Andrew received a severe wound to his hand and
was admitted to the General Hospital at Howard’s Grove
in Richmond, VA on
May 15, 1864. |
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| He
was transferred once again to the C.S.A. General
Hospital on May 23, 1864 with his registered complaint
as “Vul Sclopeticum hand”, a gun wound to the hand. Due
to this wound, he was granted a furlough on May 25 1864. He
was still listed absent on furlough June 30, 1864, but
shown present for duty again on a muster roll for
September & October 1864 and paid from August 31
1864. Andrew
remained present with the 6th through the
end of the war and was present at Appomattox on April 9,
1865 when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General
U.S. Grant. Andrew may have been among the remaining
veterans of the 6th Alabama Company G
Autauga Rifles who made the long walk home to
Autaugaville Alabama after the war and in the group
picture here on this site.
After
the war, Andrew remained in the Independence area of
Autauga County where he and Parthenia raised fourteen
children, James, Thomas, Sally, Mary E., Laura, Martha,
Astoria, Frances, John, William, Magnolia, Ida, Cora,
and Henry. Andrew
died 27 December 1887 at 66 yrs of age. He is buried in
the Jackson cemetery (Old Bethesda Church) in
Independence next to his wife, Parthenia.
Barry N. Wyatt
- Dorothy
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