On May 23, 1862, Stonewall Jackson takes Front Royal, Virginia. Two days later he forces Union troops from Winchester, Virginia.
The US Civil War battle of Kernstown was a defeat for Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Jackson had received a report from his cavalry commander that Union forces had retreated from Kernstown and had left only a small force behind. The report was not true and most of the Union forces remained near the town. Jackson sent a force to take over the town. There the Union soldiers surprised the Confederates and counter attacked. This forced Confederate commander Richard Garnett to retreat. This would be one of the rare losses for Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson's lesson was to double check on reports concerning the location of enemy troops.
When Union Major General George B. McClellan finally decided to cross the Potomac River, his plans were to take over railways and cut off General Lee's lines of communications from Richmond.In anticipation of this plan, Lee divided his forces. He moved General Longstreet's forces to Culpeper, Virginia and Stonewall Jackson's forces were left in the Shenandoah Valley. There Jackson could keep McClellan in check or even threaten McClellan's own lines of communications.
Country singer Stonewall Jackson is 85 years old (birthdate: November 6, 1932).He is named for Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, who was 39 years old when he died on May 10, 1863, eight days after being shot at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was born January 21, 1824.
On October 19, 1864, the Union forces of General Philip Sheridan defeated the Confederate forces of Jubal Early. The result was driving the Confederates from any hope of maintaining the Shenandoah Valley.
On April 29, 1862, David Farragut began the assault that would led to the capture of New Orleans. He was able to get through the forts of Jackson and St. Philip, as well as the Chalmette batteries, in order to take the city and its port. New Orleans surrendered after a massive bombardment by the Union navy.
As the Confederate raid into Maryland was unfolding in 1862, General Robert E. Lee assigned Stonewall Jackson the mission of capturing Harper's Ferry. Lee might have known that Jackson's first assignment in the US Civil War was, as a colonel, assigned to take charge of troops in and around Harper's Ferry. This was near an important railway junction, and was the site of a former US arsenal.Jackson was very familiar with the area around this former arsenal.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided that he had to reorganize his army before undertaking the Gettysburg campaign. He placed General Richard Ewell to take charge of Stonewall Jackson's corps the ll Corps.
It Took us about 1 Hour to get there and we went all the way without stopping this is to get specificly to get to weston so that we could go to Stonewall Jackson
On April 27, 1861, Virginia Governor John Letcher ordered Colonel Jackson to take command at Harpers Ferry, where he would assemble and command the famous "Stonewall Brigade", consisting of the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia Infantry regiments. He got his nickname "Stonewall" from the fact that he and his brigade never retreated but always stood as a stone wall. Jackson earned the name of "Stonewall" at the Battle of First Manassas or First Bull Run.
Nullification refers to a state's ability to ignore (nullify) acts of Congress. Jackson's actions in the nullification crisis suggests hebelieved in the limited use of federal power but also that states were not truly sovereign.
The US Civil War battle of Kernstown was a defeat for Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Jackson had received a report from his cavalry commander that Union forces had retreated from Kernstown and had left only a small force behind. The report was not true and most of the Union forces remained near the town. Jackson sent a force to take over the town. There the Union soldiers surprised the Confederates and counter attacked. This forced Confederate commander Richard Garnett to retreat. This would be one of the rare losses for Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley. Jackson's lesson was to double check on reports concerning the location of enemy troops.
The one he teamed-up best with was T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson.When Stonewall was killed at Chancellorsville, neither Lee nor his army was ever the same again. It may be no coincidence that Lee's health started to fail from this time, perhaps psychosomatic.Thomas Jackson was his best general. ----Lee worked most effectively with Stonewall Jackson, an eccentric genius, not popular with his men, and possibly a victim of assassination. The Army of Northern Virginia was never so effective after that.James Longstreet might qualify for the title, but his reputation suffered when he was blamed for the Gettysburg defeat.
When Union Major General George B. McClellan finally decided to cross the Potomac River, his plans were to take over railways and cut off General Lee's lines of communications from Richmond.In anticipation of this plan, Lee divided his forces. He moved General Longstreet's forces to Culpeper, Virginia and Stonewall Jackson's forces were left in the Shenandoah Valley. There Jackson could keep McClellan in check or even threaten McClellan's own lines of communications.
December 1862
September 17, 1862.
Country singer Stonewall Jackson is 85 years old (birthdate: November 6, 1932).He is named for Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, who was 39 years old when he died on May 10, 1863, eight days after being shot at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was born January 21, 1824.
In late December 1862 Jefferson Davis recognized the weakness of the Confederacy in the West. His ideas concerning overall strategy were based on speed and concentration. In his speech in Jackson, Mississippi on December 21, 1862, his goals were to bring Missouri into the Confederacy and take control of Kentucky.