Governor Andrew Jackson Hamilton

The First Republican Governor of Texas

Nicknamed “Colossal Jack” because of his imposing stature and his oratorical skill, A.J. Hamilton was born in Alabama. He migrated to Texas about 1846. A lawyer, he served as acting Attorney General of Texas in ...

Governor Edmund Jackson Davis

October 2, 1827 – February 7, 1883

Born in Florida, E.J. Davis became a lawyer and judge after moving to Texas. During the Civil War (1861-65), he commanded a regiment of Texas Unionists and rose to the rank of Brigadier General.

During ...

Alfred Eugene Jackson

Born January 1807, this native Tennessean became one of the area’s most successful businessmen, achieving prominence as a financial agent for the East Tenn.& Va. Railroad, which he helped to found. During the Civil War he was appointed a brigadier ...

Andrew Jackson Zilker

Voted Austin's most worthy citizen twice, Indiana native Andrew Jackson Zilker (1858-1934) grew up with a strong respect for the laborers along the Ohio River. He came to Austin penniless in 1876 but quickly became a businessman and bank director. ...

Andrew Jackson Hamilton

January 28, 1815 – April 11, 1875

A native of Alabama, Andrew Jackson Hamilton moved his family to Texas in the 1840s. He served as State Attorney General and as a member of the State Legislature before being elected to the ...

Jackson's Garden

This backyard kitchen garden provided the household with a variety of flowers, fruit and vegetables. Major Jackson reported in an 1860 letter that the garden included, “lima beans, snap beans, carrots, parsnips, salsify, onions, cabbage, turnips, beets, potatoes, and some ...

The Stonewall Jackson House

This typical Federal-style town house, with a later stone addition, was the home of Thomas Jonathan Jackson and his wife, Mary Anna. They lived here with five of their six slaves before the Civil War.

After her husband’s death in 1863, ...

Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson 1824-1863

Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is best known for his leadership of Confederate troops during the American Civil War, and especially for his celebrated Valley Campaign of 1862.

Thomas Jackson was a country boy from (West) Virginia who became a graduate of ...

Jackson's Command

Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division

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Jackson's Command.

Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division.

Brig. Gen. Jubal A. Early, Commanding.

Organization.

13th 25th 31st 44th 49th 52d & 58th Virginia Infantry.

September 16-17, 1862. No.1.

On the night of the 16th, Early's Brigade ...

Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command

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Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command.

Brigadier General A.R. Lawton,

Commanding.

(September 15-16, 1862.)

Ewell's Division left Harper's Ferry on the night of September 15th, crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford and reached Sharpsburg on the morning of the 16th, and, late in the day moved ...