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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.
The title is derived from the last words of Confederate States Army General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, who was mortally wounded by friendly fire during the American Civil War: “Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.” [1] In the 19th century, this was understood to refer to the Jordan River and the passage to ...
Confederate forces under Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson cleared Union forces under Major General Nathaniel Banks and Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans from the lower Shenandoah Valley and surrounding Allegheny ranges, and then successfully severed the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
The National Park Service quotes Union as 23 and Confederate as 91 (without differentiating types of casualties). [1] Kennedy cites 75 Union deaths and 25 Confederate deaths. [ 15 ] In his Official Report, Major-General Robert Patterson states the number of Confederate deaths as "over sixty" [ 16 ] but does not describe Union casualties.
Stonewall Jackson: The Good Soldier is a biography about Stonewall Jackson, a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. It was written by Allen Tate and published by Minton, Balch & Co. in 1928. The book takes a partisan stance for the Confederate States of America. The subtitle references the novel The Good Soldier by Ford ...
The Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was a famous combat unit in United States military history. It was trained and first led by General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, a professor from Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
A statue of Confederate Gen Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was removed from Court Square Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, July 10, officials said.Seth Wispelwey posted this footage ...
The poem honors the famed Confederate Army officer Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and was written by John Williamson Palmer (1825–1906), who stated that he had written the ballad on September 16, 1862; [1] however, Miller & Beacham, who published the song in 1862, stated that the song was found on the body of a Confederate ...