The Men of Randolph-Macon College and the Civil War

In 1861, talk of secession transformed into armed conflict. Many of the men educated at Randolph-Macon College in the preceding 29 years immediately responded to the calls of their state militias to serve, while others later enlisted or were conscripted into the Confederate or Union armies. Others served in public office, or were ultimately drawn into the conflict in the last days in reserve units in local defense. These are their stories.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

James W. Jackson, Class of 1849 (A.B.) and 1852 (A.M.)

Jackson taught school in Mississippi and in Virginia after graduating from R-MC. He enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry on July 1, 1861 with his younger brother Charles Lafayette Jackson. James was hospitalized in Richmond with rheumatism in late May of 1862; in Charlottesville, VA with morbi cutis in November 1863; and in Staunton, VA with an unknown ailment in December of 1864.

After the war, he farmed in Mecklenburg County, VA.

The Men of Randolph-Macon College and the Civil War

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

James W. Jackson, Class of 1849 (A.B.) and 1852 (A.M.)

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