What led to the death of Stonewall Jackson?

Answer 1

He was shot by his own men. That is all that we can agree on.

There are many alternative versions of the mortal wounding of Stonewall - a sure sign that someone has been covering something up.

One version says that Stonewall and his party arrived back late in the evening, with their uniforms covered in dust, and the sentry couldn't tell if these uniforms were grey or blue.

So he challenged the party, and one of them apparently answered in what sounded like a fake Southern accent - greatly alarming the sentry, as the Confederates had been warned about Union impostors posing as Southerners. To be on the safe side, he shot them all down.

But at least one eyewitness account describes an incident quite different from this.

The possibility of deliberate assassination is also debated to this day.

Like many Generals who die in battle, Stonewall has been immortalised, especially as he was known as Lee's 'right arm'.

In fact, he was a highly eccentric man, and not in an attractive way. The Confederates were famous for their feuds. He certainly made enemies, and the assassination theory could be the right one.