Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
N 37° 47.424 W 079° 26.155
17S E 637716 N 4183711
This Statue of the famous Confederate General stands on the Campus of the Virginia Military Institue in Lexington, Virginia
Waymark Code: WMH5M
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/12/2006
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General Jackson was born on January 21, 1821 in what is now Clarksburg, West Virginia. He grew up to become a professor of Philosophy and Instructor of Artillery at V.M.I. He served the Confederacy during the Civil War, rising to the rank of General. He earned his nickname during the first battle of Bull Run in July 1861, when Brigadier General Barnard E. Bee exhorted his own troops to reform by shouting, "There stands Jackson like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!" During the war his service is well documented, that service came to an end on May 2, 1863, he was returning to camp and was mistaken for a Union cavalry force fired upon by his own troops. Three bullets hit the General; his left arm had to be amputated by Dr. Hunter McGuire, and he died on May 10 at Guinea Station of pneumonia.
This statue stands in front the V.M.I. barracks and the entrance known as the "Jackson Arch." The statue is actually on V.M.I.'s Parade ground and is surrounded by four six-pounder guns (cannons) of the old cadet battery, which were used by Jackson in artillery instruction at VMI. It was near these same cannons that he stood at First Manassass when he won his nickname.
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