Who was thomas Jackson?

Answer 1

A regular soldier and professor at the Virginia Military Institute who became one of the most famous Confederate Generals.

Robert E. Lee's spectacular series of victories in the summer of 1862 were really due to the exceptional teamwork between Lee and Jackson, and when he was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Lee declared that he had 'lost his right arm'.

He was undoubtedly a military genius, and his bold thrusting style was fully in the Confederate tradition. He was, however, highly eccentric - not always attractively so - and his fatal shooting has been the subject of many conflicting theories, including assassination by his own men.

A strange note, found pinned to his body, adds weight to this theory.