Memorializing Jackson's Death-The Battle of Chancellorsville - Chancellorsville VA
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When General "Stonewall" Jackson died eight days after being wounded in these woods, shock waves rippled through the South. Confederates immediately memorialized him in words.
Waymark Code: WM1345N
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2020
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Memorializing Jackson's Death-The Battle of Chancellorsville— Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park —Of his soldiers he was the idol;
of his country he was the hope;
of war he was the master.
Senator John Warwick Daniel
When General "Stonewall" Jackson died eight days after being wounded in these woods, shock waves rippled through the South. Confederates immediately memorialized him in words. "A greater sense of loss and deeper grief never followed the death of mortal man," wrote one artilleryman. Few felt Jackson's loss more keenly than Robert E. Lee, who confessed "I know not how to replace him."
After the war local residents erected a small boulder about 60 yards from the site, to commemorate the general's wounding. That rock still stands amid the bushes to your left-front. In 1888, 5,000 people attended the dedication of the more formal monument in front of you.
LOCATION: Marker is near Chancellorsville, Virginia , in Spotsylvania County. Marker can be reached from Plank Road (State Highway 3), on the right when traveling west. Located behind the Chancellorsville Visitors Center to the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, on the "Wounding of Stonewall Jackson" walking trail. Postal address: 9001 Plank Rd, Spotsylvania VA 22553,
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