The first major battle of the civil war was the First Battle of Bull Run with the Union led by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell and the Confederates led by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard.
It was a Confederate officer, Brigadier-General Barnard Bee at Bull Run (Manassas), the war's first major battle. He is known to have shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!", and then supposedly added "Rally behind the Virginians!" That is the favorable interpretation of the nickname - praising Jackson for holding his position at a bad moment in the battle. Others have claimed that he was criticizing Jackson for not coming across to help Bee's own brigade. At any rate, Bee was mortally wounded later the same day, so nobody was able to ask him which version he meant!
It was at the First Battle of Bull Run, when Brigadier-General Barnard Bee shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!" It is possible that this was meant as a criticism - that Jackson was slow in coming across to help Bee's brigade. But Southerners prefer to think that it was meant as a compliment to Jackson's stout defence of his position, and Bee is supposed to have added "Rally behind the Virginians!" As Bee was mortally wounded later that day, no-one was able to ask him which version was correct.
The commanders for the Confederates were General Joseph E. Johnston and Brigadier General Pierre Beauregard at First Bull Run. The Union army was commanded by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell.
West point graduate George G. Meade fought at the Battle of Antietam. He was a brigadier general under the command of Corps commander Joseph Hooker. Meade led the Third Division of Hooker's First Corps.
Brigadier-General Barnard Bee - who unknowingly gave Stonewall Jackson his nickname before being mortally wounded.
Might have been Brigadier-General Barnard Bee at First Bull Run (the one who said "There is Jackson standing llike a stone wall.")
Thomas Jackson became known as Stonewall during the First Battle of Bull Run, or First Manassas, on July 21, 1861. Brigadier General Barnard Bee angrily commented on Jackson's failure to promptly come relieve his troops by comparing him to a stone wall.
The first major battle of the civil war was the First Battle of Bull Run with the Union led by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell and the Confederates led by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard.
It was a Confederate officer, Brigadier-General Barnard Bee at Bull Run (Manassas), the war's first major battle. He is known to have shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!", and then supposedly added "Rally behind the Virginians!" That is the favorable interpretation of the nickname - praising Jackson for holding his position at a bad moment in the battle. Others have claimed that he was criticizing Jackson for not coming across to help Bee's own brigade. At any rate, Bee was mortally wounded later the same day, so nobody was able to ask him which version he meant!
T.J. Jackson - nicknamed 'Stonewall' during the battle by Brigadier-General Barnard Bee. As Bee was mortally wounded later that day, nobody was able to establish whether he was praising Jackson for holding his position or criticising him for not coming across to help Bee's own brigade. We all like to think it was the first version.
First battle in Tennessee - a Union victory under the unknown Brigadier-General U.S. Grant.
It was at the First Battle of Bull Run, when Brigadier-General Barnard Bee shouted "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!" It is possible that this was meant as a criticism - that Jackson was slow in coming across to help Bee's brigade. But Southerners prefer to think that it was meant as a compliment to Jackson's stout defence of his position, and Bee is supposed to have added "Rally behind the Virginians!" As Bee was mortally wounded later that day, no-one was able to ask him which version was correct.
The commanders for the Confederates were General Joseph E. Johnston and Brigadier General Pierre Beauregard at First Bull Run. The Union army was commanded by Brigadier General Irvin McDowell.
At First Bull Run, General Barnard Bee of the Confederates, the one who said "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!"
The Confederates were commanded at First Manassas by General Joseph E. Johnston and Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard on July 21, 1861. At the Second Battle of Manassas the commander was General Robert E. Lee on August 28 - 30, 1862.
Benjamin O. Davis promoted to Brigadier General, United States Army in October 1940