Stonewall Jackson

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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson[1] (January 21, 1824[2] - May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee.[3]

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!

Thomas J. Jackson's mother was Julia Beckwith Neale.

Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathon Jackson's nickname was Stonewall.

Battle of Bull Run

Stonewall Jackson was best known for his bravery in battle. His nickname "Stonewall Jackson" actually came from what he was best known for. He got that nickname from being so calm in battle, and standing like a "stonewall".

The First Battle of Bull Run, the Shenandoah Campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville…

Because he stood like a stonewall in the Battle of Bull Run in front of the union bridge and forced them to retreat to the north.

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.

Thomas Stonewall Jackson had fought on the Confederacy, or the South.

Confederate General Stonewall Jackson remained a constant threat to Union operations in Virginia until his death after the Battle of Chancellorsville in May of 1863. Prior to that, Jackson had been causing grief to Union generals assigned by President Lincoln to capture or destroy Jackson's army. His victory at the Battle of Winchester on May 25, caused Lincoln's plans to reinforce General McClellan's Peninsula campaign to pause. As long as Jackson remained a dominate force in the Shenandoah Valley, helping McClellan would be impossible.

He got his name "Stonewall" because his faith in God made him fearless in battle. At Bull Run, they seen thought they would all die, but he stood there fighting without fear. Some one said he was standing there like a stonewall. He was without fear. I know this because he is my Great Grandfather Xs 4.

Though you are right about Jackson being a God fearing man and that he trusted God fully, What i understand was that when he was in the front line with his troops he was giving them encouragement and was holding hand up talking to them and he was shot through the hand and he didnt lower his hand. He stood there to finish his talk with his men and lower his hand, bleeding. His men were amazed by his grit and toughness and named him stonewall.

He got the sobriquet "Stonewall" at the First Bull Run battle. As General Bernard Bee's troops were falling back, he saw Jackson's brigade in line of battle at the crest of a ridge, facing the enemy. He shouted, "There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally on the Virginians!"

The nickname stuck.

To carry out the bold, quick thrusts ordered by Lee, in a spirit of mad bravery that inspired Confederate troops.

in the first battle of bull run he broke his finger. but after the battle of chancellorsville he was shot with friendly fire and had to have his arm amputated. He died 10 days later of nemonia due to the amputation.

Stonewall Jackson was an active member of the Confederate forces from the earliest battles in Virginia until he was accidentally killed by his own troops in a confused exchange of fire with Union soldiers.

He fought on the Confederate side!

'Stonewall' was a nickname given to Thomas Stonewall Jackson.

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson had three children. The first was by his first wife, Elinor and was a stillborn son. The second child was borne by his second wife, Mary Anna, and was a girl they named Mary in 1858. She died at one month old. The couple had another daughter, Julia, and she was born in 1862 shortly before Stonewalls death.

Jackson earned his nickname in the first big battle of the war, the First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas) in July 1861. From April to June 1862, as an independent commander, he led the southern forces in "The Valley Campaign" in the Shenandoah Valley. This is the only campaign of the war still relevant and studied today by students in military schools. Jackson fought and defeated three separate small Union armies, each of which was larger than his own. He drove the Yankees from the Valley and tied down an additional 60,000 Union troops, held in readiness between the Valley and Washington in case Jackson decided to attack Washington. The battles in the Valley Campaign included Cross Keys, Port Republic and Winchester. These battles made Jackson famous not just all over America but around the world.

Jackson then joined his force with Robert E. Lee near Richmond, Virginia and together they fought "The Seven Days". This involved six separate battles over seven days which drove McClellan away from Richmond. Jackson's men took no part in the first of these, Mechanicsville, for which Jackson was criticized. Three days later Jackson was again slow to involve his corps in the battle.

After McClellan was driven into a camp under the protection of the Union navy's gunboats the Confederates had to contend with another Union army, made up of the reformed fragments Jackson had defeated in the Valley plus the 60,000 who had guarded the approaches to Washington from him, now moving south, under John Pope. Jackson was sent north to met Pope, and fought and won at Cedar Mountain, then moved farther north, capturing a huge Union supply depot at Manassas Junction, which was looted and burned. Then Jackson began the Second Battle of Bull Run, joined for the last half of it by the rest of Lee's Army. After winning this battle the Confederates headed north into Maryland. On the way Jackson, with about half Lee's army, captured Harper's Ferry with about 12,000 Union troops taken prisoner. The Confederates then fought the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), and then withdrew to Virginia.

In December 1862 the Confederates, with Jackson, repulsed a Yankee attack at Fredericksburg, with severe loss to the Union.

After remaining in winter quarters after Fredericksburg, the 1863 campaigning season opened with the Battle of Chancellorsville in early May. It was in this battle that Jackson was mortally wounded by his own men, and died a week later.

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Stonewall Jackson died on May 10, 1863 after the Battle of Chancellorsville when he was accidentally shot by a Confederate soldier. Jackson had to have his arm amputated at which time he caught pneumonia and died a few days later.

He was eccentric and always chewed lemons.

Unusually for a Confederate, he helped to run a school for black children.

His fatal shooting at Chancellorsville is still a source of myth and legend - shot by his own men, but whether deliberately or not is debated to this day.

Yes, the Jackson family owned 6 slaves in the late 1850s.

Because Stonewall Jackson had been wounded at Chancellorsville, and his left arm had had to be amputated.

Stonewall was Lee's right-hand man, and the Army of Northern Virginia was never the same after Stonewall died of pneumonia as a result of his wounding.