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Why did Stonewall Jackson get his nick name?

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Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson became Lee's right-hand man in the war. At Bull Run, a Confederate General rallied his troops by pointing at Jackson and saying: "There stands Jackson like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!"
Thomas J. Jackson received the nickname "Stonewall" in the First battle of Manassas. 1861.

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