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| CSA General "Stonewall" Jackson |
During the American
Civil War, Jackson sided with the South and joined the Army of the Confederate
States of America as a commissioned officer at the regimental level.
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| Jackson at First Bull Run where he earned his nickname |
Jackson, a
devout Christian, was a West Point graduate who served in the Mexican War then
resigned to teach at the Virginia Military Institute. Serving with the Rebel army,
he became a Brigadier General, earning his nickname of “Stonewall” at the first
battle of Bull Run as his troops held firm while others wavered. "There is
Jackson standing like a stone wall," General Bee, a fellow general,
commented.
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| Jackson, with Lee and Davis, is immortalized at Stone Mountain, Georgia |
During the Battle
of Chancellorsville (and not long before Lee’s invasion of the North and the
Battle of Gettysburg), Jackson was shot by jittery confederate troops while he
was riding with other officers and inspecting the lines in the dark. "I have lost my right arm,"
lamented General Lee upon his death.
Jackson was missed at Gettysburg and many remain convinced that had he
been present the outcome of that pivotal battle would have been very different.
[January 21,
1824]
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