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George B., his nickname was "Little Napoleon".
Confederate general Thomas Jonathan Jackson earned the nickname "Stonewall" due to his staunch defense of Henry Hill while maintaining a calm demeanor at the first Battle of Bull Run.
He earned his famous nickname at the first battle of Bull Run when Confederate general Barnard Bee's said: "Look, men, there is Jackson standing like a stone wall!"
James Longstreet had the nickname of Old Warhorse. He earned this nickname at the Battle of Antietam. He was called General Lee's Old Warhorse.
It was the nickname of Confederate General Thomas Jackson. He earned his nickname originally either as a reproof, when - instead of coming quickly to the aid of another army group under pressure - he was noticed by General Bee to just stay where he was 'like a stone wall'; or, as others have it, by bravely resisting an assault at the head of the Virginian "Stonewall" brigade.
General Thomas Jonathan Jackson earned the name "Stonewall Jackson at the first Battle of Bull Run.
When Confederate President Jefferson Davis was promoted to major general in September of 1861, Davis was given a new assignment. He was appointed to command the Second Army Corps of the Army of Mississippi then under the command of General Albert Sidney Johnston. Bragg fought his first major battle at Shiloh in April of 1862. When General Johnston fell wounded in the first day of the battle, Bragg controlled the battle until General PT Beauregard took charge. Bragg's bravery at Shiloh earned him the promotion to a gull general on April 6, 1862.
General Thomas J. Jackson..He earned the nickname "Stonewall," when his brigade held back a Federal charge.
Union General Ulysses S. Grant earned his nick name by being a stubborn negotiator. His nick name was Unconditional Surrender.
Unconditional Surrender
Ulysses Grant. He seems to have originated this phrase, which he first used after the Battle of Fort Donelson, and the Northern public responded to it enthusiastically, partly because it chimed with U.S. for United States.
He was a general in the Confederate Army, acquiring the nickname "Stonewall Jackson" at the First Battle of Manassas. Jackson was one of the most capable of the Civil War generals, winning several battles before he died as a result of friendly fire at the Battle of Chancellorsville.