Jackson, Conrad F., brigadier-general, was born in Pennsylvania Sept. 11, 1818. He was an employee of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad from its beginning until 1861, when he resigned to become colonel of the 9th Penn. reserves. He commanded the regiment in the protection of the national capital and at the battle of Dranesville, Va. and served under Gen. McCall in the Peninsular campaign, being attached to Seymour's brigade and succeeding to the command of the brigade when Seymour took charge of the division. In July, 1862, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers and fought at second Bull Run, South mountain and Antietam. He fell while leading a charge in command of the attacking column, at Fredericksburg, Va., and died on the battlefield, Dec. 13, 1862.
