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Archive relating to the Civil War service of James Dag Jackson, First Sergeant in the 6th Cavalry Volunteers, West Virginia and Andersonville prison survivor.
James Dag Jackson mustered into the 6th West Virginia Cavalry in February of 1862. While they spent much of their service guarding the Baltimore & Ohio railroad line and engaging in small skirmishes against Confederate raiders and bushwhackers, Jackson was captured, possibly at Winchester, and marched to Andersonville Prison. There he contracted a kidney disease which plagued him for the rest of his life. He was discharged in March of 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. an archive of a west virginia sergeant including an impressive large pastel drawing and discharge medal. Collection comprising: 1) A large finished color pastel drawing depicting Jackson in his Union Army uniform, in a period frame (image size: 425 x 330 mm). Condition: some damage to frame. 2) A letter dated 25 January 1862 telling of scouting missions in West Virginia and Northern Kentucky in which "they concluded to return to Brooksville and remain until we cleaned out the Rebels … we killed about sixty of them, captured about 200 guns …" 3) A letter dated 8 February 1862 discussing a "Glorious victory in in Tenn. there it was said two Generals taken prisoner and it is reported tha Beauregard was one of them, almost to good to be true…" 4) A letter dated 19 February 1862 regarding scouting missions and reporting of killing a man. 5) A letter dated 3 March describing the regiments movements. 6) 2 official discharge documents, March 1866 and a later certificate of service. 7) A Confederate 10 dollar bill. 8) An 1866 letter from Jackson to his son. 9) A letter of introduction, dated 22 May 1866 from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, signed by Captain Parker of the Company D 6th West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, describing Jackson as "a brave and deserving soldier, and one who merits the respect of all men who appreciate our liberties and the institutions under which we live." 10) A medal for honorable discharge, c. 1866, presented by the State of West Virginia. Inscribed to Jackson. 11) An 1886 letter in which Jackson receives medical advice in regards to a kidney disease that has plagued him since his imprisonment at Andersonville.