He graduated on June 30, 1846 when he was 22 years old. He was ranked 17th in his class.
1. Death of Stonewall Jackson a few days after the battle. 2. Dissension about whether to invade Pennsylvania in search of food and war supplies, or send troops West to stop Grant liberating the Mississippi. (3rd, not realised at the time) It was now that Lee's health started to fail, possibly from the shock of losing Stonewall, and he was unwell during the fateful Battle of Gettysburg.
General "Black Jack" Pershing, a graduate of West Point, where he earned the nickname. After WWI, he rose to rank of "General of the Armies of the United States - a rank created specially for him.
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Washington never went to West Point. It didn’t exist when he was alive and his only formal training was as a surveyor.
Confederate General Thomas Jonathan Jackson graduated from West point in 1846. Among the 59 graduating cadets, Jackson ranked 17th. Jackson saw victorious action in the Shenandoah Valley and participated in the Battle of Antietam. He and General George B. McClellan both graduated in 1846.
Union General Charles Sidney Winder graduated from West point in 1850. He ranked 22nd in his graduating class of 44 cadets. He fought under Stonewall Jackson and was killed in battle at the Battle of Cedar Mountain in 1862, he was 32 years old.
Confederate Edward Johnson graduated from West Point in 1838. Among the graduating cadets of 45, Johnson was ranked 32nd. Johnson spent most of the war in the Army of Northern Virginia. He took part in the Battle of Gettysburg, and eventually was placed in charge of Stonewall Jackson's divisions.
Confederate General Richard Stoddert Ewell graduated from West Point in 1840. He ranked 33 among his graduating class of 42. His class also contained William T. Sherman who ranked 6th in the class. Ewell played a key role with Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862.
He sucked lemons. He was a teacher at west point and he was terrible, so when he joined the cond= Confederacy and was so successful, people were surprised.
Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, was born in Clarksburg, West Virgina. He was brought up in Jackson Mill, West Virginia.
He graduated on June 30, 1846 when he was 22 years old. He was ranked 17th in his class.
Clarksburg, Virginia, at that time. The town is now in the state of West Virginia.
Union General Samuel Davis Sturgis graduated from West Point in 1846. Among his graduating class of 59 cadets, Sturgis ranked 32nd. As an aside, Sturgis graduated with well known generals such as Stonewall Jackson and George Edward Pickett.At one point General Sturgis was in charge of the military force that protected Washington DC.
Stonewall Jackson had a difficult childhood. His father died when he was young and his mother died several years later. He lived with his uncle who allowed him to work on the farm and seek education when he had time.
A current West Point graduate becomes a 2nd lieutenant with a salary of $69,000 per year.
Stonewall Jackson was an American. He was born in western Virginia, a place that later became part of West Virginia. Many scholars like to speculate as to how the Civil War would have been different if Jackson hadn't died early in the conflict.