Beschreibung:

Lot of 30+ items identified to Confederate Officer, Thomas Klugh Jackson. Born in Abbeville Court House, SC, Thomas Klugh Jackson (1828-1902), the son of Thomas Jackson, entered West Point and graduated on July 1, 1848, ranking 25th within a class of 38. Following his graduation, Jackson was appointed as Brevet 2nd Lieutenant, attached to the 4th Regiment, U.S. Artillery. Around October of 1848, he was transferred to the 5th U.S. Infantry and after a short time joined this regiment at East Pascagoula, MS. In early 1849, Jackson was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and assigned to the 8th Infantry in the frontiers of Texas and New Mexico. Jackson remained with this regiment for several years, and while stationed at San Antonio in September 1855, he received a letter of commendation for assistance rendered to the "Boundary Commission" of the Department of the Interior. A roster of the 8th Infantry in 1855 lists many fellow officers who later would fight with Jackson for the South, including Major James Longstreet. In the fall of 1857, he was assigned as Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics at West Point, but was relieved of this duty in 1858 at his own request and assigned to the general recruiting service of the Army. Jackson rejoined the 8th Infantry at Fort Bliss, TX in the fall of 1859. Jackson applied by letter to the Commissioners of the State of South Carolina for military service with South Carolina in March 1861. The Adjutant General of the Regular Army accepted his resignation on May 16, which took effect on April 1, 1861. Jackson was then appointed Captain of Infantry, CSA, by South Carolina on May 1, 1861, and exactly one month later, he was ordered to Lynchburg, VA. Jackson was later ordered to report to General McCullough at Fort Smith, AR. In September of 1861, Jackson was announced as Chief Commissary of the Western Department under the command of Albert Sidney Johnston. He was then appointed Major in the Commissary Department in November of 1861 by the state of Tennessee, remaining in General Johnston's command. Official Records of the War of Rebellion indicate that he was captured at Fort Donelson while serving on the staff of General Buckner and imprisoned at Fort Warren, NY, but later exchanged. Oddly enough, Jackson does not mention this capture in any of his personal papers or letters. Jackson's service records indicate that he was depot Commissary at Gainesville, AL in July 1862, and was ordered to Grenada, MS on March 16, 1863. He was stationed in Gainesville, AL in September of 1863 and later stationed in Enterprise, MS. Jackson was surrendered by Lieutenant General Robert Taylor and was paroled at Gainesville, AL on May 13, 1865. After a brief wartime courtship, Jackson married Lucy Reavis, the daughter of prominent Judge Turner Reavis of Gainesville, AL. Following the Civil War, Jackson remained in Gainesville, working as a merchant and farmer. This archive, in addition to lots 156-161 were passed along in the estate of Jackson's descendants living in Gainesville and were purchased by the consignor at an estate sale. Many of the items included in this archive were found inside Jackson's CSA trunk. The collection features Jackson's personal CSA trunk , as found in Gainesville, AL, in which much of the archive was stored when it was discovered by the consignor several years ago. The leather-bound trunk is covered in canvas and stenciled on each end in black with Jackson's initials, T.K.J., as well as army designation, C.S.A. 30 x 18 x 18 in. Although there are some rips in the canvas and minor loss of leather straps, the Confederate trunk is a rare discovery. Important documents include: Jackson's West Point Diploma, dated June 24, 1848, signed by John Marshall Jones, later CSA Brigadier General KIA at the Wilderness in 1864, Henry Brewerton, Superintendent of West Point, later Union Brigadier General, D.H. Mahan, a military teacher who authored tactics and fortification books, and Erasmus D. Keyes, Union