Item No. 8508420

A CDV portrait of Brigadier General Nathaniel J. Jackson of Maine. The general poses in a double-breasted frock and signed below, “N J Jackson.” On the reverse is the imprint of Washington photographer R. W. Addis. Measures about 2 3/8” x 4”.

Biography: Jackson, Nathaniel J., Brigadier General, was born in Newburyport, Mass., July 28, 1818. He became a machinist and at the outbreak of the Civil war was superintendent of the Hill mills at Lewiston, Me. He became colonel of the 1st Maine regiment, May 3, 1861, and on Sept. 3, following, colonel of the 5th Maine infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862, was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, Sept. 24, and served as  commander of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps. He was again wounded at Chancellorsville, and when able to leave the hospital was given command of Rikers Island and later of Hart Island, New York Harbor. When able to bear arms he was assigned to command the 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, and took part in Sherman's march to the sea and the invasion of the Carolinas, his last engagement being at Averasboro, N.C. March 16, 1865. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, and was mustered out of the service Aug. 24, of that year. After the war he became interested in coal mining. He died in Jamestown, N. Y., April 21, 1892.
—Source: The Union Army, vol. 8