The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1893-10-18
Republican Candidate for State
treasurer.


publican candidate for State Treasurer
was born on farm near Apollo, Pa,
September 2fth, 1888. He was reared at
his birthplace, and at the age Of sixteen
entered the Jacksonville Academy, at
Jacksonville, Indiana County, Pa, but be-
fore completing his course, the death of
his father compelled him to leave school
and abandon his contemplated liberal
academiesl education.
At a very early age Colonel Jackson
displayed an active interest in military
affairs, and when only thirteen he was
enrolled as q drummer boy in a company
ofthe State Militia, eyiacing in child
hood those talents which were afterwards
Of incalculable value to his Couatry in
the hour Of her sore distress. For eff
eient service he was promoted, step by
step, until he obtained a Captains com
mission, aud when the dark clouds of re-
belliOn broke in their traitorous wrath
Captain Jackson was one ofthe first to
profer his services in the great struggle
to maintain one flag and united eoun-
try. He recruited Company q, or the
Apollo Independent Blues, of the Eley-
enth Pennsylvania Reserves and was
commissioned its Captain when it was
mustered into service. His signal abili
ty as a soldier could not long remain IN
noticed. On July Pad, 1861, he was
made Major OF his Regiment; on October
18th, he was promoted to tie Office Of
Lieutenant Colonel, and on April 10Th,
1862, hardly year after he had dOnned
the blue, he received the sword and
commission of Colonel. The talents Of
the man were SO marked, his character
and bearing 50 distinguished, that ad-
yancement in the service was as steady
and natural as the flow Of the irresistible
tide. AT the head of a brave Regiment
ne prove himself a gallant officer, and
through the whole Of his three years
service was a conspicuous figure in all the
campaigns in which his Regiment was
summoned to duty. At the battle of
Gaines Mill, Second Ball Run, South,
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania
Coun House, and Bethesda Church, Col
one Jackson and his Regiment showed
the fighting worth Of Pennsylvania blood,
rendering particularly distinguished ser
vice at South Mountain, Fredericksburg,
Gettysburg and the Wilderness. At
SpOttsylyania he commanded his Brigade
and so well and ably did ne bear himself
in this battle that he was breyeted
Brigadier General for mis- gallant conduct.
But it was at Gsitysburg that Colonel
Jackson so eminently disp4ayed his keen
ness of Judgment and powers of COM
mand. On the second days fight his
r Regiment, just arrived on the BATTLEFIELD,
lay in the front on the slope Of Little
Round Top, overlooking that terrible
Valley Of Death from which the Third
Corps had been driven back. The sup
ports sent to the relief Of the Third were
fearfnlly broken, the enemy, flushed aith
their success, was steadily advancing
with a terrible and resolute purpose to
carry the hill. Moments, then, were as
vital as hours, there was no time TO await
orders from superiors, and Colonel Jack
son, quick to see and realize the danger of
delay, on his own responsibility ordered
his Regiment forward, and was at once
f1llo~ed by the commands in his rear.
Down the slope they charged, and hurl-
ing themselves like thunderbolts, or the
columns Of the advancing enemy, they
fought them foot by foot back across the
Valley Of Death, rsgaining the entire field
Sc nearly and irretrieyably lost.
At the battle of the Wilderness he
again displayed his signslability to com
mand and his ready power TO meet an
emergency, however trying. While COM
malding both his own and the Second
Regiment, he suddenly found himself
cut off from his Division by a strong force
ofthe enemy. Thus isolated from the
Union forces and surrounded by con-
ident foe, the situstion presented but
one OF two alternatives-deAth or sur
renderl But Colonel Jackson had never
learned how TO surrender the chance Of
cutting his way through the enemy's
lines, desperate though it was, was
promptly and bravely accepted, and at
the head Of his troops with an unequal
ei valor, they broke through the rebel
forces and by circuitous route reached
the Union front, where, for several honrs
they had been given up SIS lost.
During three yeaEs Of active hard ser
vice, Colonel Jackson won the confidence
and respect of his superiors and the es-
teen and admiration Of all within his
command, and when mustered out be re-
turned 70 his home and the quiet pur-
suits Of business life. To keep warmer
| and more vivid the memories Of his SOL