This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: reavisjackson Surnames: Jackson, Klugh, Reavis Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.jackson/1293.4316/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am stumped at anything before: (most of my relatives began in Virginia and moved south) Thomas Klugh Jackson (gr. gr. grandfather) b. abt. 1825 in South Carolina and died in Gainseville, Sumter Co., Alabama. (marr. Lucy Barrett Reavis) Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: From Its ... pg. 568 Jackson, Thomas Klugh. SC. v^C. Cadet M A 1 July 1844 (25): bvt 2 It 5 inf 1 July 1848; 2 It 8 inf 22 Jan 1849; 1 It 3 Mar 1855; resd 1 Apr 1861; (capt inf C S A war 1861 to 1865.) History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography pg. 1544 Thomas Klugh and Lucy Burt (Reavis) Jackson, of that place, the former a graduate of West Point, 1848, lieutenant in the U. S. Army, resigned and served on the staff of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, wounded at the battle of Shiloh, served during the remainder of the war as major, in charge of the quartermaster department and in the army of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston; OFFICERS U.S. ARMY WHO LEFT SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES AFTER NOVEMBER 1, 1860, AND JOINED THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. pg. 182 Jackson, Thomas K., 1 It 8 inf resd 1 Apr 1861. Stonewall: A Biography of General Thomas J. Jackson pg. 35 Thomas Klugh Jackson was graduated in the class of 1848 and served throughout the Civil War as a Confederate major; later he was a farmer and merchant in Alabama. CIVIL WAR SERVICE DATABASE: Authority: Heitman's Historical Register of the U.S. Army p. 568 Remarks: Appointed to the Military Academy from South Carolina; he graduated 25th in his class July 1, 1844. At the date of his resignation from the U.S. Army, April 1, 1861, he was 1st Lieutenant. Home was Gainesville, Alabama Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.