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The Stonewall Jackson House, located at 8 East Washington Street in the Historic District of Lexington, Virginia, was the residence of Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson from 1858 to 1861.
There were two hospitals that bear Stonewall Jackson's name, one in Weston, WV and another in Lexington, VA. However, the one in Lexington is now called the Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital. Fort Stonewall, a fort built in Clarke County, Alabama on the Alabama River, was named for Jackson in 1863. [3]
The cemetery was renamed in 1949 as the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery after the Confederate general, who was buried here in 1863. The current name dates to September 3, 2020. [ 1 ] Also buried here are 144 Confederate veterans, two Governors of Virginia , and Margaret Junkin Preston , the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy".
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — A Virginia city has officially renamed the cemetery where Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson is buried. The city council in Lexington voted unanimously Thursday to adopt a ...
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center Midlothian, Chesterfield County: 130 [8] Bon Secours Health System (USA) Bon Secours Southampton Memorial Center Franklin: 90 [9] Bon Secours Health System (USA) Bon Secours Southern Virginia Medical Center Emporia: 80 [10] Bon Secours Health System (USA) Bon Secours Southside Medical Center: Petersburg ...
The measure would reverse the board’s decision in 2020 to change the names of schools that had been linked to Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby, three men who led the pro-slavery ...
HABS No. VA-897-C, "Main Street Area Survey, Jacob M. Ruff House, 21 North Main Street, Lexington, Lexington, VA", 1 photo, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page HABS No. VA-897-D, " Main Street Area Survey, Sheridan Livery Stable, 29-33 North Main Street, Lexington, Lexington, VA ", 1 photo, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
[citation needed] Built on the site of the old Washington Tavern, [1] the northeast corner of Greenville Avenue at New Street, [2] the Virginia Hotel gained fame during the American Civil War as the headquarters of Stonewall Jackson, [3] and served, alternately, as a hospital for Confederate soldiers and as headquarters for conquering Union Gen ...