Henry Jackson (general), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Jackson (general)

Continental Army officer of the American Revolutionary War

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1747

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1809

Profession: military leader

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Henry Jackson (general)

  • Henry Jackson (bapt.
  • October 19, 1747 – January 4, 1809) was a Continental Army officer from Boston, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War.
  • For most of the war he was colonel of Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment, which was redesignated the 16th Massachusetts in 1780.
  • He commanded the last regiment of the Continental Army, the 1st American, which was disbanded in 1784.
  • Jackson was a lifelong friend of Henry Knox another Continental Army officer, whose business affairs he was also heavily involved in.

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