The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-19
WOUNDED IN THE HEAD.
THOMAS GANDT JACKSON FOUND IN
n DYING CONDITION.
He Was Lying on the Floor of Uis Room
with Pistol Near By-Had Been In n
Morbid Condition-His Life.

Thomas Candy Jackson, a we'll known
citizen of Richmond. and an honored
member OF the Bar Association. died
yesterday afternoon shortly after z
o'clock. at his residence, at SIC west
Grace street.
Deceased was a veteran OF the late war,
and was geriously wounded at the battle
OF Gettysburg. lie had been sufferer
ever since. and his general health has
been greatly impaired. While he had been
doing great deal of hard work recently,
he has never been the same man physi-
cally as before the war For the past
three months he has been nearly con-
stantly confined TO his bed OF late he
has been respondent and nervously pros
trated, and would take morbid Views Of
business matters which would hardly be
considered by others and. during his agony
OF pain. he would trouble himself over
all sorts Of affairs without any justihca-
ton.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Jackson left
the house for a short while, and when
she returned. about O'clock she found
her husband I'm his bedroom lying on
the floor In a dying condition. with a
wound in the head. near the right tenn
pie. caused by "A pistol ball. pistol was
lying short distance from him.
Mr. Jackson lived about half an hour
longer. but never regained his con-
seriousness. He leaves a widow but has
no children. He was the son of the late
Joseph Jackson. who, for about sixty
years. was first clerk in the Office OF
Auditor OF Public Accounts I'm the Capt.
tol building. His brother is DR.. John +.
Jackson. of 400 east Grace, while his ne
phew. G.. Carter jackson, was his part
nj A.
son.
Deceased enlisted at the beginning OF
the late war In Company +. First regi-
ment. and later Joined the artillery. He
was member of + Company Veteran
Association and of Lee Camp. lie at
tended Moore-Memorial Episcopal church.
OF which Mrs. Jackson was a member.
His funeral will be announced later.
The following is sketch of Mr.. Jack
sons experience during the late war as
written about year ago by Mrs. Jack |
son from stenographic notes:
Thomas Candy jackson was born on |
October IL. 1885 I'm Richmond. He served |
curing the Confederate war first with |
Jefferson Peyton's artillery. which COM
mand was gotten up by his brother. Will
liam Jackson. and Tom Lawson early in
the spring Of 1851. Tom was connected
with that battery as senior first lieutenant
for one year.
Jefferson Peyton, nine months after the
war commenced. resigned his position az
captain and Tom took command. This
position lasted about three months. After
the evacuation of Yorktown he company
came TO Richmond in the spring Of 1862
Toms term Of service expiring then, he
declined 10 serve in heavy artillery. He,
before the seven days fighting
came 10 where the army was stationed
and volunteered upon the staff of General
George Il. Anderson. of Georgia, and
in the first fight in front Of
that Of Golden Farm"
short time after this Tom was appoint
d General Anderson's aide-de-camp Tom
received his first serious wound at Nal
'ern HIN, in the side. which laid him up
or week or ten days. In the capacity
II aide to General G.. r. Anderson Tom
'erved through the rest of the war, four
'ears. in d. r. Jones, then Hoods, then
fields division.
In the first battle Of Manassas Tom
vas wounded in the leg and face.
n the fatal battle of Gettysburg he was
truck by large piece Of she'll a horrible
wound being created across the back and
tabled with a bayonet. He was carried
o Planks' farm, after lying on the field
Z battle an hour or so. and cared for
" Confederate surgeons for thrty-six
ours, while the battle was raging. He !
thyeO tnere more imam Sixty days, QeS-
erately i'll, still under the care OF Con-
ederate surgeons and me. He was then
arried to a general field hospital Con-
ederate surgeons being detached 10 at
md the wounded. This was near Gettys-
urg. and the hospital was in Camp Lati- {
ian.
Then Tom was taken TO West Building ;
IOspital. at Baltimore, which was I'm I
barge OF the Union army, and stayed I
here some months until towards January.
While I'll he was taken TO Fort McHenry, +
here he remained until May Then he .
as transferred to Fort Delaware, where !
e was in his helpless position placed in y
he bull-pen with prisoners quarters for 7
onfederate officers. Afterwards he was D.,
irried into the interior OF the fort and {
aced In casemate. There he was kept :
month or so. Thence he was carried to :
ilton Head as one of the forty hostages u
be placed under the fire Of Confed- o
ate guns. After sixty days he was ex- =
ranged from there and he returned to 4
n
Late in the summer of 1864. though he
I'd been retired on account OF wounds.
, reported for duty and remained with
e command until the surrender at APP
'mattox Courthouse at the close Of the is
ar. >