Posted on May 14, 2019
The Death of Stonewall Jackson from "Legends & Lies: The Civil War"
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I have visited the location where Jackson died. Powerful life story. COL Mikel J. Burroughs Lt Col Charlie Brown CW5 Jack Cardwell Maj Marty Hogan TSgt Joe C. Alan K. Col Carl Whicker SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SPC Douglas Bolton PO1 H Gene Lawrence SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CPL Dave Hoover LTC Stephen F.
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Confederate general devoted to God, duty and honor.
Thank you my friend LTC Greg Henning for posting the documentary focused ostensibly on the death of General Robert E. Lee's most trusted Lieutenant who was killed May 2, 1863 accidentally by one of the Army of Northern Virginia pickets as Stonewall Jackson launched a surprise flank attack at Chancellorsville, Virginia.
On January 21, 1824 Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia.
Future CSA LTG Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson graduated from my Alma Mater at USMA, West Point with the class of 1846 as graduate number 1,288. His USMA classmates who fought in the Civil War included LTG George B. McClellan, CSA MG Darius Couch, MG George Stoneman, CSA MG Cadmus Wilcox, and CSA MG George Pickett as well as many BG and COL.
From all accounts he was an honorable general officer who inspired his soldiers to conduct great feats including the Foot cavalry [description of the rapid movements] of infantry troops serving under Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862.
Stonewall Jackson from Rebel Rally Point "Confederate general devoted to God, duty and honor."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7w0hVBK4uc
Background from battlefields.org/learn/biographies/t-j-stonewall-jackson
"Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Confederate Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH - DEATH
January 21, 1824– May 10, 1863
Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was born January 21, 1824 in Clarksburg, Virginia. He graduated from West Point in 1846 and began his official military career with the US Army as a brevet second lieutenant in the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848, where he first met Robert E. Lee. After many successful shows of leadership in the war, he was promoted to rank of major.
In 1851, Jackson resigned his military commission and accepted a teaching position at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. His style as a professor was controversial, but nonetheless invaluable, as VMI continues to use many of his philosophies today.
At the war’s outbreak, Jackson accepted orders as a Colonel of Virginia militia and commanded at Harper’s Ferry. Jackson then took on the title of Brigadier general and led troops in the epic battle of First Manassas, where he and his brigade earned him the title “Stonewall.” So began Jackson’s status as a military celebrity. In November of 1861 he was promoted to major general and dispatched to the Shenandoah Valley to defend the south from Federal troops headed towards Richmond.
Jackson organized extremely successful military maneuvers at Front Royal, Winchester, Cross Keys, and Port Republic in the spring of 1862. These led up to the Seven Days Battle around Richmond, where Jackson’s nonplussed performance on the outset gradually gained momentum. He made more epic showings at Second Manassas and then again in Sharpsburg at the Battle of Antietam. Following these events the Army of Northern Virginia was reorganized and Jackson was designated lieutenant general.
In December of 1862, Jackson commanded a victory at Fredericksburg, and then the famous flank march at Chancellorsville in May. The same night as that victory, May 2, 1863, Jackson was wounded by friendly fire while making a reconnaissance with a member of his staff. He died eight days later on May 10 from pneumonia, a complication of having his left arm amputated from the incident. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was with his wife and only surviving daughter when he died, and is buried in Lexington, Virginia."
FYI LTC Jeff Shearer Maj Robert Thornton SGT Philip RoncariCWO3 Dennis M. SFC William Farrell TSgt Joe C.] SGT (Join to see)PO3 Bob McCordSGT Jim Arnold PO3 Phyllis Maynard SPC Douglas Bolton Cynthia Croft PO1 H Gene Lawrence PO2 Kevin Parker PO3 Craig Phillips PVT Mark Zehner SSgt Boyd Herrst
On January 21, 1824 Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born in Clarksburg, Virginia.
Future CSA LTG Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson graduated from my Alma Mater at USMA, West Point with the class of 1846 as graduate number 1,288. His USMA classmates who fought in the Civil War included LTG George B. McClellan, CSA MG Darius Couch, MG George Stoneman, CSA MG Cadmus Wilcox, and CSA MG George Pickett as well as many BG and COL.
From all accounts he was an honorable general officer who inspired his soldiers to conduct great feats including the Foot cavalry [description of the rapid movements] of infantry troops serving under Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862.
Stonewall Jackson from Rebel Rally Point "Confederate general devoted to God, duty and honor."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7w0hVBK4uc
Background from battlefields.org/learn/biographies/t-j-stonewall-jackson
"Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Confederate Lieutenant General
DATE OF BIRTH - DEATH
January 21, 1824– May 10, 1863
Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was born January 21, 1824 in Clarksburg, Virginia. He graduated from West Point in 1846 and began his official military career with the US Army as a brevet second lieutenant in the Mexican-American War from 1846-1848, where he first met Robert E. Lee. After many successful shows of leadership in the war, he was promoted to rank of major.
In 1851, Jackson resigned his military commission and accepted a teaching position at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. His style as a professor was controversial, but nonetheless invaluable, as VMI continues to use many of his philosophies today.
At the war’s outbreak, Jackson accepted orders as a Colonel of Virginia militia and commanded at Harper’s Ferry. Jackson then took on the title of Brigadier general and led troops in the epic battle of First Manassas, where he and his brigade earned him the title “Stonewall.” So began Jackson’s status as a military celebrity. In November of 1861 he was promoted to major general and dispatched to the Shenandoah Valley to defend the south from Federal troops headed towards Richmond.
Jackson organized extremely successful military maneuvers at Front Royal, Winchester, Cross Keys, and Port Republic in the spring of 1862. These led up to the Seven Days Battle around Richmond, where Jackson’s nonplussed performance on the outset gradually gained momentum. He made more epic showings at Second Manassas and then again in Sharpsburg at the Battle of Antietam. Following these events the Army of Northern Virginia was reorganized and Jackson was designated lieutenant general.
In December of 1862, Jackson commanded a victory at Fredericksburg, and then the famous flank march at Chancellorsville in May. The same night as that victory, May 2, 1863, Jackson was wounded by friendly fire while making a reconnaissance with a member of his staff. He died eight days later on May 10 from pneumonia, a complication of having his left arm amputated from the incident. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was with his wife and only surviving daughter when he died, and is buried in Lexington, Virginia."
FYI LTC Jeff Shearer Maj Robert Thornton SGT Philip RoncariCWO3 Dennis M. SFC William Farrell TSgt Joe C.] SGT (Join to see)PO3 Bob McCordSGT Jim Arnold PO3 Phyllis Maynard SPC Douglas Bolton Cynthia Croft PO1 H Gene Lawrence PO2 Kevin Parker PO3 Craig Phillips PVT Mark Zehner SSgt Boyd Herrst
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Sending this one to my spouse who is a major history buff. We live in Virginia and get to see a lot of the battlefields.
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