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St onewal l Jackson: Biography, Mil it ary Career, Campaigns & St rat egies

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 ? May 10,
1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and
one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General
Robert E. Lee.
His military career includes the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his
service as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under
Robert E. Lee. Confederate pickets accidentally shot him at the Battle
of Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863. The general survived with the
loss of an arm to amputation, but died of complications from
pneumonia eight days later. His death was a severe setback for the
Confederacy, affecting not only its military prospects, but also the
morale of its army and of the general public. Jackson in death
became an icon of Southern heroism and commitment, becoming a
mainstay in the pantheon of the "Lost Cause".

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