General Jackson is a riverboat—more specifically, a showboat—based on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee.

The modern boat was originally an attraction at the Opryland USA theme park.

General Jackson was built by Jeffboat in Jeffersonville, Indiana and launched in 1985.

[1] General Jackson is designed to recreate the showboats that plied the waters of American rivers in the 19th century.

In October 2006, General Jackson took part in the Tall Stacks riverboat heritage festival in Cincinnati, Ohio.