Posted on May 10, 2020
Famed Confederate general Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson dies
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The South loses one of its boldest and most colorful generals on May 10, 1863, when 39-year-old Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson dies of pneumonia a week after his own troops accidentally fired on him during the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. In the first two years of the war, Jackson terrorized Union commanders and led his army corps on bold and daring marches. He was the perfect complement to Robert E. Lee.
Famed Confederate general Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson dies
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Dr. McGuire wrote an account of Jackson's final hours and last words:
“A few moments before he died he cried out in his delirium, 'Order A.P. Hill to prepare for action! Pass the infantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks—' then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished. Presently a smile of ineffable sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression, as if of relief, 'Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.'”
SSG Shavonde Chase PFC Nicholas Efstathiou
“A few moments before he died he cried out in his delirium, 'Order A.P. Hill to prepare for action! Pass the infantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks—' then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished. Presently a smile of ineffable sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression, as if of relief, 'Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.'”
SSG Shavonde Chase PFC Nicholas Efstathiou
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PFC Nicholas Efstathiou
Thank you for that bit if information, sir. I had forgotten about resting beneath the shade of the trees.
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