Wounding of Jackson
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theroths3
N 38° 18.238 W 077° 37.270
18S E 270802 N 4242792
Marking the location where famed Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was wounded.
Waymark Code: WM1X1Z
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2007
Views: 40
Just 1.7 miles west, on this road (then the Orange Plank Road), Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by "friendly fire" about 9:30 P.M. on 2 May 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Having brilliantly executed a flanking maneuver against the Federals, Jackson, with eight aides, was returning from a reconnaissance between the lines. when skirmishing erupted, they were mistaken for Federals in the darkness an fired on by the 18th N.C. Infantry, killing four and wounding Jackson. After a battlefield amputation of his left arm, Jackson was taken 17 miles southeast to Guinea Station, where he died on 10 May from infection.
Marker Number: J-39
Marker Title: Wounding of Jackson
Marker Location: Route 3 W
County or Independent City: Spotsylvania
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 1987
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