SIDNEY D. JACKMAN

SIDNEY D. JACKMAN
(1828 - 1886) Confederate brigadier general from Missouri, served in the Trans-Mississippi, mainly participating in guerrilla style tactics against Union targets. Jackman fought in the Battle of Westport, one of the war's cavalry battles. During the first day of the battle, he led the attack that routed the Federals from their initial position, and early on the second day, his brigade launched a successful attack directly on Westport. When the Confederate rear collapsed during his attack, he was ordered to halt and act as rear guard to fend off the Union pursuit. Very rare A.L.S. 'S. D. Jackman' on the verso of a postcard, San Marcos, TX., Mar. 3, 1882, in pencil to Thomas C. Reynolds in St. Louis. Reynolds had served as the Confederate governor of Missouri from 1862 to 1865. Jackman repeatedly addresses Reynolds as 'Gov.', writing: '...Again Gov, death has invaded the sacred precinct[?] of my household. My wife died on the 19th inst. of Pneumonia, after 15 days severe sickness. Four small children is the result of this last marriage. My first children mostly grown, and the others pretty well also. For these afflictions, I shall have your sympathies...' Fine condition, expertly inlaid.