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Henry Jackson (Minnesota)
Henry Jackson may refer to: Military * Henry Jackson (Continental Army general) (1747–1809), American colonial leader * Henry R. Jackson (1820–1898), American Civil War general * Henry Jackson (Royal Navy officer) (1855–1929), British First Sea Lord * Henry Jackson (British Army officer) (1879–1972), British Army General * USS Henry M. Jackson, USS ''Henry M. Jackson'', missile submarine Politics * Henry Jackson (Minnesota pioneer) (1811–1857), American pioneer and legislator * Henry Jackson (surveyor) (1830–1906), New Zealand politician and surveyor * Sir Henry Jackson, 2nd Baronet (1831–1881), British MP for Coventry * Henry Jackson (colonial administrator) (1849–1908), British colonial administrator * Sir Henry Jackson, 1st Baronet (1875–1937), British Conservative MP for Wandsworth Central * Henry M. Jackson (1912–1983), known as Scoop, American politician ** Henry Jackson Society, British conservative think tank Sports * Henry Jackson (football manager) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Jackson (Continental Army General)
Henry Jackson (bapt. October 19, 1747January 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. Life Jackson was the youngest son of Joseph and Susannah (Gray) Jackson. Before the American Revolutionary War, he was an officer of the First Corps of Cadets in Boston, which was disbanded during the British occupation. After the evacuation, six former cadet officers organized a company of seventy-eight officers and men called the Boston Independent Company on 17 March 1776, with Jackson as their commander. In January 1777, the unit was taken into Continental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |