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Stonewall Jackson

General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War · United States · Lived 1824 to 1863 · aged 39

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A Confederate general whose battlefield brilliance earned him a nickname at Bull Run and a place in tactical textbooks - then an accidental shot by his own men ended the war's most effective Southern commander.

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1863Died10 May 18631862“Our men fought bravely, but the enemy repulsed me. Many valuable lives were lost. Our God was my shield. His protecting care is an additional cause for gratitude.”In their words24 March 1862Letter to his wife from Mt. Jackson after the First Battle of Kernstown (24 March 1862), as quoted in Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen.

1861“In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second Corps of this Army, you are the First Brigade!”In their words4 October 1861Farewell address to his brigade, as he left to receive his promotion to Major General (4 October 1861)

“Yesterday we fought a great battle and gained a great victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone.”In their words22 July 1861Letter to his wife after the First Battle of Bull Run (22 July 1861); as quoted in Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by His Widow Mary Anna

“My dear pastor, in my tent last night, after a fatiguing day's service, I remembered that I failed to send a contribution for our colored Sunday school.”In their words22 July 1861Letter to his pastor after the First Battle of Bull Run (22 July 1861); as quoted in The Religious Development of the Negro in Virginia

“If the general government should persist in the measures now threatened, there must be war. It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it.”In their wordsApril 1861Comments to his pastor (April 1861) as quoted in Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by His Widow Mary Anna Jackson (1895), Ch. IX : War Clouds -

“The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon; and when it does come my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.”In their wordsMarch 1861Speech to cadets at the Virginia Military Institute (March 1861); as quoted in The War (1910) by James H. Wood; this has sometimes been

1824Born21 January 1824

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  1. The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats.

    Jun 13, 1862, Statement to Colonel Thomas T. Munford (13 June 1862); as quoted in Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War (1904) by George Francis, Own words

  2. Our men fought bravely, but the enemy repulsed me. Many valuable lives were lost. Our God was my shield. His protecting care is an additional cause for gratitude.

    Mar 24, 1862, Letter to his wife from Mt. Jackson after the First Battle of Kernstown (24 March 1862), as quoted in Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen., Own words

  3. In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second Corps of this Army, you are the First Brigade!

    Oct 4, 1861, Farewell address to his brigade, as he left to receive his promotion to Major General (4 October 1861), Own words

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Born January 21, 1824, in what's now West Virginia, Thomas Jonathan Jackson graduated from West Point in 1846 and distinguished himself at Chapultepec during the Mexican-American War. He taught at the Virginia Military Institute from 1851 until Virginia's secession in May 1861, when he joined the Confederate army. At the First Battle of Bull Run in July, his brigade's reinforcements and defense against a Union assault prompted Barnard E. Bee's comparison to a "stone wall" - the nickname stuck. Over the next two years he commanded with exceptional skill in the eastern theater. On May 2, 1863, Confederate pickets accidentally shot him; he lost his left arm and died of pneumonia eight days later. His death was a severe blow to the Confederacy, and his exploits later became central to Lost Cause mythology.

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Lived 1824 to 1863 · aged 39

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