It deprived Lee of his essential team-partner.
The Army of Northern Virginia was never the same again, and nor was Lee, whose health started to fail at this time (he was not feeling well at Gettysburg), possibly a psychosomatic effect of Stonewall's death.
This is a partially true story. Jacksons first wife, Elinor (Junkin) bore a son but the child was stillborn. Elinor would soon die as well from a hemorrhage attributed to childbirth. His second wife, Mary Anna (Morrison) bore Stonewall a daughter named Mary in 1858 but she died at one month old. The couple did have another daughter born shortly before Jacksons death and her name was Julia.
It was his downfall. After the battle he was exiled on an island once again until his death.
A general, and close colleague of Robert E.Lee, whose performance never recovered from Stonewall's death at Chancellorsville.
Nobody knows for sure, of course, but the death of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville was a great blow to the chances of the Confederacy. (New respondent) It's an ever-interesting question. Stonewall might have carried Gettysburg. But unless they actually destroyed the Army of the Potomac, a victory at Gettysburg would have yielded no more than a few short-term gains in local plunder. (A boot-and-shoe factory had a lot to do with it.) Nobody thought they were likely to invade and invest Pennsylvania. Stonewall remains in the world of mythology, his death being classified as a good career-move. By the time of Gettysburg, it was far too late to distract Grant from his liberation of the Mississippi. Under any scrutiny, Stonewall's survival would not have altered the outcome of the war.
News of the death of Stonewall Jackson stunned and saddened the South. And, even in the North he was so well respected that ardent abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher bemoaned his death at a church service.
Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was well known in the South, but he also earned a reputation in the North. Many northerners praised their fallen adversary. This included the abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. He announced Jacksons death from the pulpit of his church, calling Jackson a brave and honest foe who has fallen in battle.
Stonewall Jackson died of pneumonia on or around May 10, 1863
This is a partially true story. Jacksons first wife, Elinor (Junkin) bore a son but the child was stillborn. Elinor would soon die as well from a hemorrhage attributed to childbirth. His second wife, Mary Anna (Morrison) bore Stonewall a daughter named Mary in 1858 but she died at one month old. The couple did have another daughter born shortly before Jacksons death and her name was Julia.
Some people think that Stonewall's death at Chancellorsville was a key factor in Confederate defeat. Lee's successes were really the successes of the Lee-Jackson team, and neither Lee nor his army were quite the same afterwards. Indeed, it was from this point that his health began to fail, perhaps from shock, and he was somewhat unwell at Gettysburg, the defeat that is often seen as the death-knell of the Confederacy.
He was one half of the Lee-Jackson partnership which brought the Confederacy close to winning in the summer of 1862. After Stonewall's death, neither Lee nor his army was quite the same again.
It was his downfall. After the battle he was exiled on an island once again until his death.
No of course not.
His death. He was emperor until he died.
A general, and close colleague of Robert E.Lee, whose performance never recovered from Stonewall's death at Chancellorsville.
As big fans they were extremely sad to hear about his death.
Nobody knows for sure, of course, but the death of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville was a great blow to the chances of the Confederacy. (New respondent) It's an ever-interesting question. Stonewall might have carried Gettysburg. But unless they actually destroyed the Army of the Potomac, a victory at Gettysburg would have yielded no more than a few short-term gains in local plunder. (A boot-and-shoe factory had a lot to do with it.) Nobody thought they were likely to invade and invest Pennsylvania. Stonewall remains in the world of mythology, his death being classified as a good career-move. By the time of Gettysburg, it was far too late to distract Grant from his liberation of the Mississippi. Under any scrutiny, Stonewall's survival would not have altered the outcome of the war.
News of the death of Stonewall Jackson stunned and saddened the South. And, even in the North he was so well respected that ardent abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher bemoaned his death at a church service.