Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824–1863) was a leading Confederate general of the American Civil War.[1] He earned the name "Stonewall" after the First Battle of Bull Run.[1] He was frequently called the most brilliant strategist in the Confederate Army.[2] Jackson was considered Robert E. Lee's "right hand".[2] Jackson was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. On May 2, 1863, he was scouting ahead of his lines when one of his own men mistakenly shot him.[3] His left arm was badly wounded requiring the doctors to amputate it two inches below his shoulder.[3] He died on May 10, 1863. He was 39 years old.[1] He likely died of a pulmonary embolism and not from pneumonia.[3]
Stonewall Jackson Media
located in Jackson's Mill, WV * garden in foreground
First lieutenant Thomas J. Jackson sometime after West Point graduation in the late 1840s
Stonewall Jackson (possible signature below photo)
When future Confederate general Stonewall Jackson sat for this likeness in 1855, his emergence as one of the South’s most brilliant military tacticians lay six years away. Jackson had this daguerreotype made as a memento for his aunt and uncle while visiting them in the summer of 1855.
House owned by Stonewall Jackson in Lexington
The Colonel Lewis T. Moore house, which served as the Winchester Headquarters of Lt. Gen. T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson (photo 2007)
Historical marker marking the end of Gen. Stonewall Jackson's pursuit of the Federals after the Battle of McDowell, May 12, 1862
Jackson and Little Sorrel, painting by David Bendann
Montage of Thomas J. Jackson and staff
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stonewall Jackson Biography. bioA&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Memories of Stonewall Jackson. Documenting the American SouthThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 America’s Civil War: Stonewall Jackson’s Last DaysHistoryNet. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
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