Nickname given to thomas Jackson at the first Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 1

Stonewall.

It will never be known whether this was meant as a compliment or an insult.

Brigadier-General Barnard Bee is known to have shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!" He is supposed to have added "Rally behind the Virginians.", praising Jackson's gallantry. Others claim that he was criticising Jackson for refusing to come across to help him.

As Bee was mortally wounded a few hours later, it was not possible to confirm what he meant, but the nickname stuck.

Answer 2

Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, one of the Souths most famous generals. During the battle his brigade managed to hold off a much larger Yankee force, and it was remarked that he held fast like a stone wall. He was hit with friendly fire after the Battle of Chancellorsville and died from complications of the wounds and surgery. It has been speculated that if he had been present during the Battle for Gettysburg, the South would have won the battle and possibly the war.

Answer 3

Stonewall.

A Confederate Brigadier called Barnard Bee shouted "There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall!"

As Bee was mortally wounded later in the battle, it is still not known whether he was praising Jackson for holding his position with difficulty, or berating him for not coming across to help Bee's own brigade.

But the nickname stuck.