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Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
	Portrait by Nathaniel Routzahn, 1862
Birth name	Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Nickname(s)	Stonewall; Old Jack; Old Blue Light; Tom Fool;
Born	January 21, 1824; Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), U.S.
Died	May 10, 1863 (aged 39); Guinea Station, Virginia
Buried	Oak Grove Cemetery; Lexington, Virginia
Allegiance	United States; Confederate States;
Service/branch	United States Army (USA); Confederate States Army (CSA);
Years of service	1846–1852 (USA); 1861–1863 (CSA);
Rank	First Lieutenant (USA); Brevet Major (USA); Lieutenant General (CSA);
Commands held	Stonewall Brigade; Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia;
Battles/wars	Mexican–American War; American Civil War Great Train Raid of 1861; Battle of Falling Waters; First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) (WIA); Romney Expedition Battle of Hancock; ; Jackson's Valley Campaign First Battle of Kernstown; Battle of Front Royal; First Battle of Winchester; Battle of Port Republic; ; Seven Days Battles Battle of Gaines's Mill; Battle of Savage's Station; Battle of White Oak Swamp; Battle of Malvern Hill; ; Northern Virginia Campaign Battle of Cedar Mountain; First Battle of Rappahannock Station; Manassas Station; Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas); Battle of Chantilly; ; Maryland Campaign Battle of Harpers Ferry; Battle of Antietam; ; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Chancellorsville (DOW); ;
Alma mater	United States Military Academy
Spouse(s)	Elinor Jackson (m. 1853; died 1854); Mary Anna Jackson (m. 1857);
Children	2
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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a general officer in the Confederate States Army 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. Military historians regard him as one of the most gifted tactical commanders in U.S. history.^[2]

Born in what was then part of Virginia (now in West Virginia), Jackson received an appointment to the United States Military Academy, graduating in the class of 1846. He served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, distinguishing himself at the Battle of Chapultepec. From 1851 to 1861, he taught at the Virginia Military Institute.

When Virginia seceded from the United States in May 1861 after the Battle of Fort Sumter, Jackson joined the Confederate States Army. He distinguished himself commanding a brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run in July, providing crucial reinforcements and beating back a fierce Union assault. Thus Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. compared him to a "stone wall", which became his enduring nickname.^[3]

He performed exceptionally well in various campaigns over the next two years. On May 2, 1863, Jackson was accidentally shot by Confederate pickets.^[4] He lost his left arm to amputation. Weakened by his wounds, he died of pneumonia eight days later. His death proved a severe setback for the Confederacy. After Jackson's death, his military exploits developed a legendary quality, becoming an important element of the pseudohistorical ideology of the "Lost Cause".^[5]

^ Eicher, High Commands, p. 316; Robertson, p. 7. The physician, Dr. James McCally, recalls delivering baby Thomas on January 20, 1809, just before midnight, but the family has insisted since then that he was born in the first minutes of January 21. The later date is the one generally acknowledged in biographies.
^ James I. Robertson, Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend (1997).
^ Hamner, Christopher. "The Possible Path of Barnard Bee." Teachinghistory.org. Accessed July 12, 2011.
^ "Stonewall Jackson Timeline". Virginia Military Institute. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ Wallace Hettle, Inventing Stonewall Jackson: A Civil War Hero in History and Memory (Louisiana State University Press, 2011)

[1] Eicher, High Commands, p. 316; Robertson, p. 7. The physician, Dr. James McCally, recalls delivering baby Thomas on January 20, 1809, just before midnight, but the family has insisted since then that he was born in the first minutes of January 21. The later date is the one generally acknowledged in biographies.

[2] James I. Robertson, Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend (1997).

[3] Hamner, Christopher. "The Possible Path of Barnard Bee." Teachinghistory.org. Accessed July 12, 2011.

[4] "Stonewall Jackson Timeline". Virginia Military Institute. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[Wallace_Hettle_2011-5] Wallace Hettle, Inventing Stonewall Jackson: A Civil War Hero in History and Memory (Louisiana State University Press, 2011)

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