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Henry Jackson

American general

Died when: 61 years 77 days (734 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Henry Jackson

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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