William Green Jackson

• February 14, 1859 Rumors of sucession, G.W. moves to Texas

• June 1, 1859 Drilling practice and a letter from home

• September 5, 1859 Overseer of 45 slaves and uniforms for the militia men

• June 25, 1860 Building a house and a runaway slave

• December 23, 1860 Going home to get married, South Carolina secedes

• January 15, 1861 A baby boy! And thoughts about going to war

• February 20, 1861 Texas secedes

• April 23, 1861 Fort Sumter has been fired upon

• June 15, 1861 Hood's Brigade

• June 28, 1861 Building a fort at Galveston, living conditions

• July 30, 1861 Victory at Manassas, sharpshooters, thinking of home

• August 15, 1861 A friend dies from swamp fever

• September 2, 1861 Forming attack lines and learning to volley

• October 26, 1861 Outside Vicksburg, thinking about the war

• January 28, 1862 Resupplied and on the move to Tenn.

• March 15, 1862 My birthday and continuing northward

• April 8, 1862 Shiloh and withdrawing south

• June 1, 1862 Yankees take New Orleans, La., making ramrod bread

• June 21, 1862 Stonewall's victories, from cash crops to food crops at home

• October 24, 1862 Perryville and the many losses

• December 25, 1862 My life in the army

• September 25, 1863 My pa has died

• October 30, 1863 I've been shot!

• December 31, 1863 Starting for home in the winter

• January 15, 1864 A horse for the trip

• March 24, 1864 Confederate and Union irregulars

• July 4, 1864 In Texas with a Brother Freemason

• July 27, 1864 I am finally HOME!

• August 3, 1864 A lucky man...

• An end note from the author