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Creedmoor
and the
International Matches
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W.H. Jackson (1832-?)
1877: Member of
the USA team at Creedmoor, USA.
1880: Member of the USA team at Wimbledon, England.
Frank Leslie's
Illustrated Newspaper, 15 September 1877
"William H. Jackson, who is a new shot at Creedmoor, was born in
Boston in the year 1832. He graduated at the public schools of his native
city, and at an early age adopted the profession of a civil engineer.
In 1861 he entered the United States Volunteers as captain of Company
C. of the Thirteenth (infantry) Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers.
He served the Union cause for two years, at the end of which period
he was mustered out on account of disability. He was present at the
battles of Bolivar, Bull Run, Lookout Mountain, and participated in
the operation on the Tennessee, and around Chattanooga. In 1863, he
tried his luck in Colorada Territory, where he engaged in the mining
and lumber business. Since his return to Boston, a short time ago, he
has resumed the practice of his profession as a civil engineer. In December
1875 he shot a rifle match for the first time; and claims to have commenced
long range practice last Spring. He shoots the same kind of rifle weapon
that Allen, Dakin,
and Jewell do (a Remington), and won it in a match near Boston, at the
Spring Meeting of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, on a score of
152 out of a possible 180 points. He takes the back position, and uses
the heel vernier sight. He stands fourth man in the competitions just
finished, having achieved a total of 1,201 points out of a possible
1,350, which is equal to an average of 200 1-6."
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