General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

Confederate General

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Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!

General Thomas J “Stonewall” Jackson Said during the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

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May 10th, 1863

Stonewall Jackson dies of complications from a wound accidentally inflicted by his own men one week previously at the Battle of Chancellorsville after his famous flank attack on the Union army.

Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.

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From “Gods and Generals”. Stephen Lang as General “Stonewall” Jackson.

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My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to always be ready, no matter when it may overtake me.

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.  (via bantarleton)

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Last words of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (1824-1863). [x]

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A few good men 

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"You may be whatever you resolve to be."

General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson (via dixie-hollow)

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My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to always be ready, no matter when it may overtake me.

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. 

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Stonewall Jackson’s Arm Lies Here (And Has for 149 Years)

On this week in 1863, the celebrated Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was returning from a nighttime reconnaissance ride near Chancellorsville, Virginia, when he was mistakenly shot by his own camp’s picket guards. On May 2, Jackson’s wounded arm was amputated; Jackson’s chaplain, Beverley Tucker Lacy, buried it the next day in a nearby family graveyard. Seemingly on the mend, Stonewall Jackson was removed far behind the battle lines to recuperate at Fairfield Plantation, but his condition soon worsened. Stonewall Jackson died eight days later, on May 10, 1863, of pneumonia.

General Robert E. Lee assessed the gravity of the situation for himself and the army when he first heard of Jackson’s amputation. “William,” Lee declared to his cook, “I have lost my right arm. I’m bleeding at the heart.”

The spot where Jackson was shot is marked today by a large boulder, just behind the Chancellorsville battlefield visitor center, and the outbuilding at Fairfield plantation where Jackson died is known to this day as the Stonewall Jackson Shrine. His lost limb is buried in a graveyard off the main Chancellorsville battlefield, at what was then Ellwood Plantation. Among the unmarked graves of men and women, mothers and sons, there is one monument—to an arm.

Read more. [Image: U.S. Park Service]

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Stonewall Jackson. Vintage 19th Century Tobacco Crate Label

Representing a number of local manufacturers and the tastes they produced, the collection of vintage tobacco crate labels at the Library of Virginia are a unique reflection of the artistry showcased in nineteenth century advertisements.  The brand featuring the most appealing and magnificently colored label was likely to outsell the competition, and a successful design would often be used for forty years or more.

http://www.thevirginiashop.org/stonewalljackson.aspx

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