(c. 1818 - 1862)
Home State: Alabama
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 44th Alabama Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Known as Jackson, he was a married farmer at Six Mile, AL, he gave his age as 40 (he was 44) when he enlisted with his brother Marion as Private, Company F, 44th Alabama Infantry on 14 March 1862 in Bibb County.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
His service from the State of Alabama,1 as Jackson M. Trucks. He's also on a casualty list in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser of 8 October 1862 as severely wounded in the arm. Personal details from family genealogists.
He married Jane Potts (1825-1891) in about 1842 and they had 4 children by 1853.
Birth
c. 1818; Bibb County, AL
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives & History, Alabama Civil War Service Database, Published 2004, first accessed 01 January 2010, <https://archives.alabama.gov/research/CivilWarService.aspx>, Source page: /civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=205717 [AotW citation 25733]