Alfred E . Jackson Alfred Eugene Jackson ( January 11 , 1807 – October 30 , 1889 ) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War . Before the war , he was a farmer , produce wholesaler , miller , manufacturer and transporter of goods by wagon and boat . After the war , he was a tenant farmer in Virginia until he regained some of his property in Tennessee . Early life . Alfred Eugene Jackson was born on January 11 , 1807 in Davidson County , Tennessee . He attended Washington College ( presumably Washington College Academy , a predecessor of Tusculum College , both of which were founded by Samuel Doak ) and Greeneville College , now Tusculum College . After college he became a farmer and merchant of produce and manufactured wares , and distributed those goods from North Carolina to the Mississippi River through an extensive transportation network of wagons and boats that he established . American Civil War . Alfred E . Jackson began his Confederate States Army service as a major on September 11 , 1861 . Taking advantage of his experience , he served as quartermaster on the staff of Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer until Zollicoffer was killed at the Battle of Mill Springs Jackson then served as a paymaster at Knoxville , Tennessee under the command of then Major General E . Kirby Smith . Jackson ' s original appointment as a brigadier general on October 29 , 1862 , was canceled . He was promoted to brigadier general on February 9 , 1863 . After this promotion , Alfred Jackson was given command of a brigade in the Confederate Department of East Tennessee in April 1863 . The brigade had both cavalry troopers and infantry soldiers and the men in the brigade were rotated in and out at various times . In May 1863 , the brigade briefly was attached to the Army of Tennessee . Jackson ' s brigade took part in several minor battles and skirmishes , pursued deserters , raided into eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia and fought Union loyalists and bushwackers . They captured the 100th Ohio Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Telford ' s Station , Tennessee . The unit was assigned to Major General Robert Ransom Jr ' s . division between October 1863 and February 1864 , Brigadier General Bushrod R . Johnson ' s division in February and March 1864 , and Major General Simon Buckner ' s division in April and May 1864 , all in the Confederate Trans - Allegheny Department . General Braxton Bragg criticized Jackson in a May 1864 report because his men were in " miserable order . " Jackson and his men spent most of the war fighting guerrilla actions and small battles in east Tennessee , eastern Kentucky , far southwestern Virginia and western North Carolina . They supported Brigadier General John S . Williams in his retreat after the Battle of Blue Springs and helped guard the winter quarters of lieutenant general James Longstreet ' s corps at Knoxville during their detachment to the western theater of the war . They also fought minor engagements with Union Army Major General Ambrose Burnside ' s men along the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad . Jackson and his brigade were ordered to assist in the defense of Saltville , Virginia in the Confederate Department of East Tennessee and West Virginia , successor to the Trans - Allegheny Department from September 30 , 1864 . Jackson was assigned to light staff duty under Major General John C . Breckenridge in the same department on November 23 , 1864 . Historian John Stanchak states that this implies the 57 - year old Jackson was in poor health . Postwar years . After the war , Jackson was impoverished and rented land in Washington County , Virginia , which he cultivated with his own hands . President Andrew Johnson granted Jackson a special pardon on November 16 , 1865 , because of kindness shown by Jackson to Johnson ' s family in East Tennessee during the war . Because of the pardon , Jackson gradually regained enough of his property to return to Jonesboro , Tennessee . Alfred Eugene Jackson died October 30 , 1889 , at Jonesboro , Tennessee , and is buried there .