Florida and Resignation
Following the Mexican War, Jackson was assigned to a garrison post in Florida where he quickly became enemies with his Commanding Officer, filing numerous complaints with the Commanding General of the Region. Jackson's Army career thereafter took a sharp downward turn, and he resigned from the military in 1851 in order to pursue a career as a military instructor at the Virginia Military Institute. In many ways, Jackson in fact behaved as if he had never left the Army while at VMI, as he routinely wore a uniform and was addressed by faculty and students as "Major Jackson".
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