Class of 1846

Thomas Jonathan Jackson: Born Jan. 21, 1824, Clarksburg, WV.º

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1842,  p269 to July 1, 1846, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, July 1, 1846.

Served: in the War with Mexico, 1846‑48, being engaged in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, 1847, — Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17‑18, 1847, — Skirmish of La Hoya, June 20, 1847, — Skirmish of Ocalaca,

(Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, Aug. 20, 1847)

Aug. 16, 1847, — Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19‑20, 1847, — Battle of

(Bvt. Captain, Aug. 20, 1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)

Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847, — Storming of Chapultepec, Sep. 13, 1847,

(Bvt. Major, Sep. 13, 1847,
for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Chapultepec, Mex.)

— and Assault and Capture of the City of Mexico, Sep. 13‑14, 1847; in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1848, — and Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 1849‑51; and in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1851.

Resigned, Feb. 29, 1852.

Civil History. — Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, and Instructor of Artillery, Virginia Military Institute, 1851‑61.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States,​a and

Died of Wounds, received in the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 10, 1863: Aged 40.

Buried, Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA.