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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern theater of the war until his death.
May 10, 2024 · Stonewall Jackson (born January 21, 1824, Clarksburg, Virginia [now in West Virginia], U.S.—died May 10, 1863, Guinea Station [now Guinea], Virginia) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, one of its most skillful tacticians, who gained his sobriquet “Stonewall” by his stand at the First Battle of Bull Run (called First ...
Nov 9, 2009 · Stonewall Jackson was one of the South's top generals in the Civil War, until he was mortally wounded by friendly fire at the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville.
Dec 1, 2021 · A skilled military tactician, Stonewall Jackson served as a Confederate general under Robert E. Lee in the American Civil War, leading troops at Manassas, Antietam and Fredericksburg....
Jan 12, 2024 · Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863) was a Confederate officer during the Civil War. He is most well-known for his bold battlefield strategies and the demeanor that earned him his nickname. He is recognized as one of the most renowned of all Confederate commanders of the war.
Dec 5, 2021 · NASHVILLE — Stonewall Jackson, the honky-tonk singer who overcame an abusive, hardscrabble childhood and went on to enjoy a long, successful career in country music, including more than 60...
Stonewall Jackson summary: Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was a Confederate lieutenant general in the Civil War. He won his nickname at the Battle of First Bull Run (First Manassas), but it was his actions at Harpers Ferry in 1861, his 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, and the flanking maneuver at the Battle of Chancellorsville that ...
This is a biography of Civil War Confederate Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan Jackson (Stonewall Jackson).
Stonewall Jackson was Robert E. Lee's most trusted officer, catapulting to the rank of major general in 1861. By turns courageous, eccentric, and secretive, he was unfailingly...
When Virginia seceded from the Union at the start of the Civil War in April 1861, Jackson was commissioned as a colonel and charged with transforming volunteer recruits into a cohesive fighting force.
