svs

Stonewall had a cousin, William Lowther Jackson who fought for Virginia who is sometimes known as "Mudwall" Jackson though supposedly that appellation really belonged to Alfred E. Jackson of Tennessee who earned it through ineptitude during the battle at Lookout Mountain. There was also John K. Jackson and William K. Jackson of Tennessee as well. One of these guys eventually was promoted to "Brickwall" Jackson.

There are a whole lot of Jacksons out there. There may be another one you are thinking of, but these are the ones I came up with.

RustyBattleship

Then there's my half-brother, Morton Jackson (who goes by the name of Jack Malia) up in Jackson, Wyoming. He owns his own coffee shop on Broadway. No Starbucks in town. Plus he roasts, grinds and blends his own brands of coffee. Moose Flats brand is a favorite among the locals.

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Albany Rifles

Okay, which one is it?

You have to decide!

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RustyBattleship

Actually every word about my half-brother is the absolute truth. His coffee shop is a converted home but still retains bedrooms, kitchen and basement. His roasters are in another place. It's called Jackson Hole Roasters.

He used to own a second-hand store AND coffee shop next door to the Post Office.

He and his wife quit very lucrative jobs here in California (he was an Orthopedic Medical Technician and she was a Social Worker) to move out of the San Fernando Valley into clean air.

And his birth name WAS Jackson but his father was killed in a car accident when he was less than 6 months old. He officially changed it to Malia, after his step-father, when he joined the Air Force as a medic.

Well, since the latest question is about a Jackson, I just thought I'd throw this in for some light reading for you folks that got tired of going through Google.

svs

I would go with William Lowther Jackson because he is the only Virginian. If that is incorrect, how about Jackson Pollock, Jackson Mississippi, Jackson Heights, or Clayton, Jackson, and Durante?

BTW, congratualtions to the Red Sox for clobbering my Dodgers in the exhibition game held in the LA Colliseum this week. 115,000+ fans in attendence and at the time UCLA was playing in the elite eight to boot.

Rifleman

There is a Starbucks in town. It's in the Albertson's grocery store. There is also a Seattle's Best in town. It's in the Smith's grocery store.

Your half brother does have a good shop though. I go in once or twice a week.

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Rifleman

As long as were on the War of Northern Aggression .....

Here's some obscure historical bits:

What unit had a subunit made up entirely of Cherokees?

What kind of rifle was most probably used to kill Major General John Sedgewick on May 9, 1864? What was unique about the rifling? What was the bullet called?

What patriot unit (the ones in gray, fellers, the ones in gray ) had a sharpshooter known to history only as "Old Thous'n Yards?" Where did "Old Thous'n Yards" make his presence felt?

Albany Rifles

Thanks for the congrats....and nope.

It was Alfred Eugene Jackson

I was reading one of my back issues of Blue & Gray and came across that reference.


http://www.bluegraymagazine.com/File...%20jackson.pdf

Albany Rifles

From what I remember he was a Secesh Scum who hailed from an Arkansas regiment who plied his trade around Vicksburg


A little more ACW sniper info for you.

During the Red River Campaign in 1864, using a surveyor's transit to calculate the range, Captain John T. Metcalf of the US Army Engineers fired at and hit a Confederate officer who was standing outside a tent on a distant hillside. Capt. Metcalf used a .50 calibre muzzle-loading rifle, with a 24x scope. The weapon reportedly weighed between 23 and 27kg. The distance? An almost unbelievable 1666 metres, which took the bullet over 5 seconds to traverse.


Living here next to the Petersburg National Battlefield I have a pretty good appreciation for snipers in the ACW!

Albany Rifles

Oh, BTW, you got the closest so go ahead

Rifleman

Albany,

Pretty good! I thought I'd asked for some pretty obscure facts.

"Thomas' Legion of Indians and Highlanders." The infantry element was sometimes called the 69th North Carolina, although among themselves "Love's Battalion" (Infantry), "Walker's Battalion" (Cavalry), and the "Cherokee Battalion" were the common terms used.

The hexegonal Whitworth slug was often called a "bolt." The 4X Davies scope was side mounted for elevation adjustments. This caused some parallax issues but the sharpshooters learned to compensate.

"Old Thous'n Yards" was a member of the 15th Arkansas at Port Hudson. Here's the account of a Union soldier from Massachusetts who encounterd him during a cease fire:

"'Here comes Old Thous'n Yards!' said they, as a broad, tall Arkansian, with a beard heavy as Spanish moss on an oak, and a quick dark eye, came swinging down from the parapet. They all made way for him with some deference. He was 'Old Thous'n Yards' with every one, and turned out to be the great sharp-shooter of that part of the works. I inquired about him, and found he was a famous backwoodsman and hunter, who, with a proper rifle, was really sure of a bear or buffalo at the distance of a thousand yards. He came forward rather bashfully. On both sides, the rifles were left behind; and 'Old Thousand Yards' seemed to be as much troubled to dispose of his hands as a college freshman at his first party. His left arm would half bend into a hollow as if to receive the rifle barrel, and the right fingers work as if they wanted to feel the touch of the lock. I borrowed a chew of tobacco, and won the perennial friendship of 'Old Thousand Yards' by bestowing it upon him. Then I bought his cedar canteen to preserve as a souvenir... I fear more than one of our poor fellows has felt his skill; but, for all that, he was a good-natured fellow, with a fine frame and noble countenance, - a physique to whose vigor and masculine beauty, prairies and mountainpaths and wild chases had contributed."

That Massachusetts feller's description kind of sounds a little homoerotic, don't it?

svs

Well, I did mention Alfred E. in my original post, and he really did serve more in Tenn than VA so I think I really got it. I was about to suggest Micheal, Jesse, or Janet Jackson.

Since Rifleman is asking questions about the Cherokee, here's one. Which President adopted a Cherokee child?

Albany Rifles

Sam Houston

RustyBattleship

WOW! You're almost a member of the family. I didn't know you lived in Jackson. Next time you're in there, tell him his brother Dick says hello and we are expecting to make him an uncle on or about June 20th.

I have already bought Austin Bruce Richard Underill his first model train sets.