Thomas J. Jackson

[MsManupara]

great !!!!

[ctj449]

@MrWileyk My 7th great grandpa is Stonewall (: im dead serrious

[eringobragh915]

@ctj449 How does that work, since his only child died without having kids of her own?

[eringobragh915]

@MrWileyk I don't think Jackson was all that unusually tall.

[superstock426]

@eringobragh915 Jackson was 5ft10..

[southron62]

I visited Manassas battlefield just 2 weeks ago. There stands the Stonewall monument, with the general on his horse, overlooking the field where he and his men won eternal fame. I wish that every American came here at least once in his life time to pay them tribute and to remember that these soldiers fought a just case, for a nation's freedom, no less, no more.

[HaggenPagan26]

Ahh good old Stonewall. I would have followed that man into the Jaws of hell.

[possumbuddy]

2nd Carolina String Band are the best. We saw them at Gettyburg last year. If you ever get a chance go see them live. You won't regret it. Thanks for posting this.

[eringobragh915]

@possumbuddy I have seen them live a few times at Gettysburg. They are the best!!

[kylethompson4]

Great Tune!! Happy 187th birthday TJ.

The 2nd Carolina Boys can come kick some dust in my camp anytime:)

[Kev95682]

Happy birthday Stonewall!

[FinnRocket]

This is a great song, makes me smile always.

God bless Southern music and CSA!

Some people don´t like South, but at least Dixie has something of their very own, Country music, women and hospitality, been to Mississippi and seen that all!

[penialopening55]

There stands Jackson, like a stonewall!

[Patriot5251]

"Let us pass over the river & rest under the shadow of the trees." Only a genius could come up with that.

[canaydemedian]

God bless dixie.

[MrDragoon73]

To Jackson , the unforgettable general. God bless dixie

[smrt1111111111111]

I can not believe. I am also from Croatia.

Deo Vindice

[VolcomRyan781]

he really was a great general. too bad he was killed by his own men. the south could have won the war.

[p4b3h]

is it possible to download somewhere songs made by 2nd South Carolina String Band? they are great! greetings from croatia

[eringobragh915]

@p4b3h Yes, go to their website at civilwarband dott com slash buy-cds-mp3s. They are the greatest!!

[eringobragh915]

Sorry for having to type the web address that way, but Youtube does not allow links in the comments section.

[p4b3h]

@eringobragh915

thanks!!!

btw (sorry for the late reply)

[ItNice26]

Stonewall is a legend, pure and simple. He encapsulates the tenacity, passion and fighting spirit of Americans. Stonewall was truly a badass!!!!!! 3 Cheers for the South!!!

[elcash53]

Love it!

The big question, "how would the war have gone if he would have lived?" We'll never know, but he is a true hero. Kentucky had brave boys who fought on both sides, but Kentucky never seceded.

Thank you and loved the music!

[eringobragh915]

Every Confederate state sent at least one regiment into the Union Army, except for South Carolina. Does that mean every Confederate state was really still Union?

KENTUCKY DID NOT SECEDE! GET OVER IT, PEOPLE!

[reb198]

give em hell boys all for our dear old flag !!

[StonewallJackson26]

I personally do believe that if Stonewall had commanded the 2nd Corps at Gettysburg instead of General Ewell who was incredibly inept at Corps commander. Ewell could not only command at the corps level but he was also horrible when given independent command.Stonewall was the exact opposite. He relished independent command and didn't fight as well when he was a subordinate.

Ewell refrained from taking Culp's because he wasn't directly ordered to. That wouldn't have been a problem for Stonewall.

[eringobragh915]

He refrained from taking Culp's Hill because he was told to take it "if practicable," and in his judgment it was not. He would likely not have been able to hold it with the few men he had left, so it would have been a big loss of life for nothing. Jackson may have tried to take it, but he probably wouldn't have been able to hold it either. II Corps was about fought out by that point.

[StonewallJackson26]

@eringobragh915 I do believe that Ewell's Corps was tired and short of men. But the Federals were in high- long retreat all across the line when it broke the first day. Even Gen. Trimble said that a mere brigade could have pushed any Federal unit off that hill with the rest of ll and Xl Corps retreating in confusion.

The Yankees were literally whipped and running for the hills.

[eringobragh915]

@StonewallJackson26 Pushed them off is one thing. Holding the ground is quite another. It likely could not have been held with the men available. General Trimble notwithstanding. (When did he become the final word on anything?)

[buyubengals]

eringobragh915- I believe it was his favorite hat given to him while he was a teacher at VMI.

It is also that such men of conviction and honor, from both the north and the south, do not exist anymore in this country. At least they do not exist in Washington DC

[Gbpfbftw]

Kentucky is never considered much during the war, yet it was more strageically key than any other State.

Kentucky supplied many officers to the Confederate armies, and eventually seceded.

So from a Native Kentuckian - it doesn't matter who contributes the most, it's that we all contributed all that we could.

[eringobragh915]

Kentucky never seceded. Where does this myth keep coming from?

[fearlessfred14]

@eringobragh915

Kentucky and Missouri had dual governments. In Kentucky, the governor seceded without the legislature and created a Bowling Green rump government. In Missouri there was a standing constitutional convention that declared secession unconstitutional, but the state government seceded anyways. That's where the myth keeps coming from.

[23mistakes]

Stonewall don't quit

[blumenthol]

I am reading his biography. His enemies really feared him - really feared him. My great great grandfather served with him (AJ Workman) lost a leg at Manassas but lived to be a preacher and family man to almost almost 100.

[ViccardXViccc]

Yeah...Jackson was a really aggrisive general. He used sometimes 16th century tactics and he won perfect. If Jackson had survived his wound, than the CSA clearly won Gettysburg!

[ItNice26]

Stonewall was such a badass! He exemplifies a patriotic American.

[eringobragh915]

Beautifully put!

[reb198]

what a man id follow him to the gates of hell and back Deo Vindice

[baronvrangel]

Great man!!!

Victor from Russia.

[smithsharks]

@minilnloesteam, thats what i tell everyone too,@eringobragh915, Jackson wore his old kepi he wore at VMI for the majority of the time he fought in the war, and the slouch hats weren't usually worn by junior officers, and some senior officers such as colonels, mostly generals and fighting men wore slouch hats. There was an officers kepi that had a gold braided emblem that many officers wore

[MiniInloesteam]

I have no doubt in my mind if Jackson wouldnt have died that fateful day May 2nd, 1863 the Confederacy would have won the 2nd war for independence.

[eringobragh915]

Jackson died May 10.

[rifleman1122]

anybody know why Jackson is always shown wearing a forage cap instead of an officer's slouch hat?

[eringobragh915]

He's shown wearing a forage cap because that's what he wore. Why he wore it, I don't know. I guess he preferred it to the slouch hat.

[rck8543]

A Western Virginia man!

[CaptBeauregards]

Great post! Thanks!

[colindominy]

Superb song .. superb graphics in this posting .. superb band .. and about a superb soldier. T.J. Jackson - one of Amercia's finest-ever generals & military strategists.

[witchhunter32]

one of ? he was the finest mate =)

[colindominy]

Superb song, done in fine 'period-piece' style, by a superb band .. & about a superb Amercian General. Ol' Stonewall .. Blue Light .. T.J. Jackson, call him what you will .. was most definitely one of Amercia's finest-ever soldiers & military strategists. Many believe that, had Jackson still been alive & on full active-duty as Lee's right-hand-advisor at Gettysburg, then the battle may well have turned out 100% opposite .. & god-only-knows whatever after that. 5* graphics + great post, Sir !!

[calinel84]

the war was so bloody and long mostly because of the secession of virginia that gave csa a stategic position, good soldier and generals (lee, stonwall jackson, stuart, armestead, etc.) i don't understand what virfigian delegates were thinking over 40% of war was fought in virginia, its farms were destroied, its cities where burned, an entire generation of men has been decimated, poverty and so on only a fool agrees to turn his land into a buffer war zone

[eringobragh915]

Virginia was going to be a buffer war zone whether they seceded or not. Look at a map.

[Pillboxesghost]

We say:

SC - furnished the cause

VA - furnished the battlefields and

NC - furnished the men!

More men from NC were killed in battle than from SC & VA together. Almost as many as from SC, VA & GA combined!

UP, UP THAT DAMNED RED REBEL RAG!

[aaron2837]

I have obviously never met the man personally, but stonewall has always been kind of a childhood hero to me,he fought and died for what he believed in.

Rest in peace.

[smrt1111111111111]

great song

[statesrights01]

lil known fact by some... moms in the north would tell there children too go too bed at night or O'l Stonewall will come and get them... Im sure with all my heart Jackson wouldn't go for that. but, you have too admit.. the fear he put in the yanks heart was inpressive!!

[eringobragh915]

Oh my... I think Jackson would be hurt if he knew that. He loved kids.

[statesrights01]

oh yeah, he was a kind and gentle man when need be, but when it came too defending his home and ppl. you had a fierce and mighty warrior on your hands.

[ErnstBecker]

A salute to ole "Blue Light" and The Second South Carolina String Band !

[Pillboxesghost]

I'm a great admirier of T.J. Jackson.

However, I think it's interesting to note that but for the "War of Northern Agression". Jackson would have most likely lived and died an obscure, eccentric professor at VMI.

BTW, CW vet, A.E. Floyd was addressing my snall hometown high school on Confederate Veteran's Day 1927. He broke down in tears.

CVD (in NC) is held on the anniversary of Jackson's death. A. E. Floyd was in the 18th NC. They (he) fired on Jackson -- that's why he cried!

[jpg271]

Jackson distinguished himself with Lee in the Mexican War and at West Point, moving from the bottom of his class to 16th or 17th by graduation time. Virginians were the leaders of the the Confederate cause. Look at all the West Pointers we provided (Stuart, Jackson, Lee, Early) so to say that Virginia "supplied the battlefields" sounds a bit uninformed. Maybe you don't live in the south.

[Kirtev]

@Pillboxesghost That is a amazing and sad story, thank you for sharing, I know I shall not forget it!

[ceroeck]

he had aspergers sindrome

[eringobragh915]

Quite possibly.

[eringobragh915]

I cannot post a link here, but Google for "stonewall jackson aspergers" and it is the first hit that comes up, on the website for the Society of Clinical Psychiatrists.

[nicolettileo]

Very nice song, somebody had the lyrics please ?

[nicolettileo]

Deo Vindice !!

[rno5rno9]

my great great uncul was stone wall jackson

[Mulinex93]

Requiescat In Pacem

Riposa In Pace

[acerb45666555]

one thing was very clear about Jackson. he gave an order, you did it!! no argument!!

[vulcanswb3a]

RIP STONEWALL

[SoBelleofTN]

This is in memory of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, our beloved "Stonewall" who passed away on this day May 10, 1863. With deep grief the commanding general announces to the army the death of Lieutenent General T. J. Jackson, who expired on the 10th instant, at a quarter past 3 p.m. His last words were..."Let us cross over the river, and rest in the shade of the trees" , and he slipped away........... Rest In Peace Gen Jackson.

[DixonTN]

Really enjoyed this. I'd never heard this song before. Great pix, too. Makin' a super combination! Hope to see more tributes to our heros.

[eringobragh915]

Check out my other videos. :)

[activeplum]

Outstanding! Thanks for posting.

[drudge20]

The yankee could never kill him. It took one of our own. That fateful night on his return victory of Chancellorsville.

[bullyboy1863]

aww man i missed his birthday. Happy late birthday sir. sorry about the missed date. Hopefully you can forgive me.

[JohnMOverman]

Oh man...you're such a good American for posting this video...I would die for you..but I guess we would both die for Stonewall...thanks brother..I'm glad you're out there..an american who knows the truth..god bless u

[tomjjackson21]

Sorry bud but your wrong!! I'm no bull shit, honestly a direct descendant of Stonewall.

[NorthernCopperhead]

Yeah you're related to Stonewall and i'm with Taylor & Jefferson... literally! Great song, 2nd S.C. is fantastic! Nice video too.

[rpqr]

Happy birthday sir

[Kev95682]

Happy birthday General Jackson!

[Greyechos]

Happy Birthday Stonewall !! .... 21 January 1824

[gotya1234]

hi my uncle did a family tree and i was told that i am a direct descendant . thing is my family live in the u.k and i did not get chance to see this family tree. does anybody know if any of his desendents moveed to the uk?

[eringobragh915]

I have no idea...

[cosmicmercury]

The Scots-Irish (Ulster-Scots) Strike Again! There's always trouble with kith & kin.

[jordanmcglocklin]

hahaha im related to this man.

and he looks identical to my father.

[kevlar0486]

If you are related then you have some outstanding southern blood in you.

[walkenshaw2000]

Did Jackson's daughter have children? I've often wondered if he had direct descendants.

[eringobragh915]

His daughter Julia married a man named William Edmund Christian in 1884 and had two kids, a girl named Julia Jackson Christian and a boy named Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian. She died when she was only 26. I don't know if her kids had descendants.

[SoBelleofTN]

Julia Jackson married one of my decendents William E. Christian in Richmond, Virginia. The Christian family came to Virginia from the "Isle of Man". I do think that their two children had children. I have the information in my genealogy files. Jackson, lost a child in his first marriage and one in his second marriage. Your right Julia didn't live to be very old either , dying at the age of 26. The book titled "Stonewall" is a great biography on Jackson written by Byron Farwell great book!

[eringobragh915]

Thanks for the info!

[SoBelleofTN]

Sure...Thank you for the wonderful video's on our great Southern Hero's of Virginia! I am a big admirer of JEB Stuart and Stonewall Jackson myself. I am a Civil War researcher and have a connection to both men and Virginia!

[siberianexpress22]

this makes me want a dip

R.I.P. STONEWALL

[escala1985]

His sister-in-law who wrote a biography of him, said that it accepted slavery "as exists in the southern states, not as something desirable in itself but as something mandated by providence to achieve ends that were not his responsibility"

[eringobragh915]

The status quo -- what the vast majority of us accept without giving things much thought. Most Southerners did as well. I wonder what issues will be seen as heinous in 150 years that we don't give much thought to today.

[escala1985]

the status quo was accompanied by ideologies of a religious nature, you have to take into account that, for example the ideas of Calhoun of white superiority, the demonic status of the black man as being the result of the curse of Cam's son Noe.

I do not mean that the southerners were better or worse. Only analyze the mentality of the time

[escala1985]

I would say that Jackson was an indifferent to slavery,a religious fanatic and a good general.

[cosmicmercury]

Jackson was a relegious man but he was not a fanatic. He was a man that acknowledged what his downfalls were and tried his very best to overcome them. Read his book of Maxims for futher proof.

[tempusfugit68]

Good ol' hillybilly music. Love it.\!

[crazycuntryboy2]

Deo VIndice! I always thought this song was cripple creek, but I was wrong! We WIll Rise Again!

[eringobragh915]

The tune is Cripple Creek, but the band wrote lyrics for it. At least I think this song is original to this band and not an old song.

[SoBelleofTN]

Cripple Creek, is a very old folk type song connected to Country Music, not sure just how old it is but has been around for a very long time. There is a lot of the Appalachian type music in this area and it originated mostly from ballads and folk music.

[SoBelleofTN]

CRIPPLE CREEK SONG - OLD TIME BLUEGRASS

Here's one called Cripple Creek, traditional mountain folk music song played on banjo and guitars. Listen to the sound of old time Bluegrass music of the Southern Appalachian Highlands.

[survivalist455]

greatest general who ever lived. God rest his soul.

[GenGreivous2]

This was a 10 star video.

Awesome music to a great hero.

[harley19770]

Long live our heros

[devenci]

Loved it! 5/5 star.

[jasonwill2]

DEO VINDICE

[jasonwill2]

im a cousin of Jackson on my mom's side, 1st cousin in fact

[eringobragh915]

Um, how can you be a first cousin of Jackson's unless you were born within the same generation? Are you that old?

Perhaps one of your ancestors was his first cousin. This would make you his first cousin X-number-of-times-removed (however many generations you are descended from that person).

[jasonwill2]

okey, more correctly im his 1st cousin many times removed, still a first cousin right? anyways i will tell you how many times removed if you realy want to know, but im hesitant to give it out online for safety reasons

[circlecityrabbit2004]

Hey great song and video! Ole Stonewall was an incredible man and an incredible General. Long Live the Confederacy! -DEO VINDICE

[CSAfanactic]

GOD FREE DIXIE!!!!!

[SanchezAccount]

The Confederate Flag will always rise in the southern states and none of you can stop that cause we will always be confederate and always be a good old reble! You can kill us, you can kick our ass, but you will never take our southern rights and what we died for!! Hail The C.S.A!!!!

[waterloo2you]

"...you will never take our southern rights and what we died for!!"

We? You didn't fight in the war. Trying to take credit for dying in a war you never even witnessed is pretty retarded.

[preatorian101]

YiHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...........­...!

[SanchezAccount]

Where can I find this song anyways?

[eringobragh915]

It is by the 2nd South Carolina String Band and they sell CDs through their website. You will have to Google them, because YouTube will not allow me to post a URL. Buy their music; they are awesome!!

[SanchezAccount]

Stonewall Jackson, The GREATEST general in the Csa, maybe even more better than Robert E. Lee. I dont believe he lost a battle if I recall. He decieded to take the valley cause he loved it. His dedication to the Csa will not be forgotten.

[eringobragh915]

He did lose some battles. Not many though.

[CelticSouthland]

At all times General "Stonewall" Jackson faced a ruthless murderous invading army that out numbered his force of Heroic Patriots by three to one, but often more.

Yet Jackson was never defeated by those murdering invaders.

Jackson did die during the war, but not by a Yankee hand.

God bless General Jackson, we sure could use your like today!

Rebel Yell !!!!!

[bullyboy1863]

jackson was amazing

[SanchezAccount]

Most yankees mistake the south. They should really do research on confederate generals. "stonewall jackson" for example.

GOD BLESS CSA!!!

[dog3croom]

God bless the CSA

[Rock5482000]

U.S. Grant is America's Greatest General

[flattopFX]

How?

[Rock5482000]

Grant followed whether he knew it or not some of Napoleon's lessons of war like having as many troops as possible and massing them at one point to make a decisive blow. Vicksburg was wonderfully coordinated and executed with battle on tough terrain and living of the land to feed his army(another practice of Napoleon). But to me I think he the best because of his determination to face an enemy and adversity and to not give up and stay personally confident about his decisions and his army.

[useagle1990]

STONEWALL! JACKSON! The best Genreal of CSA!

[FatBird11]

Great General, and an amazing leader! God in heaven knows, we could use some men like him now.

[Freehold777]

Fantastic video about America's third best general, after Lee and Washington!

[FatBird11]

I think it could be close between the three but, all three men are legends.

[pawel0727]

Great video and song

[acerb45666555]

)O( Great song! Full of life that once was so strong.

[eric5906]

God bless the South and all her defenders. Sic semper fidelis!

[AS02474]

I think you mean sic semper tyrannus.

[eringobragh915]

I kind of liked "thus always to the faithful." ;)

[AlabamaSoldier]

Great music.

[294812]

Had he lived the South would looked very different today.

[Juliusthebastard]

I suppose that makes sense..............anyway.....­.great Irish tune, and he was a good General

[Juliusthebastard]

Stonewall was a good general. But he was a bit crazy. He used to point his finger at the sky for no reason. And he was shot by his own men

[eringobragh915]

He held his arm in the air to let the blood drain into his body because he felt that arm was heavier than the other. He had a reason for everything he did, it just didn't always make sense to others.

The shooting, of course, was accidental.

[acerb45666555]

)O( True! Jackson DID have unusual habits. but it doent matter, he was a true commander of men. born to lead. i admire that quality in any soldier from any army.

[rinehartt]

It has been suggested that Jackson had a mild form of Autism known as Aspergers Syndrome.

[eringobragh915]

Yep. He sure sounds like an Aspie to me. He had every symptom. Of course back then they didn't say you had a disability, they just called you "eccentric." Just another of many things he overcame, a truly admirable man.

[FatBird11]

I love your videos of each man individually.

[rfleming4u]

fight and march they did, Jackson in the front, now he's in the rear,

proud descsendent of one of Stonewall's Foot Calavary

[useagle1990]

awesome heck yes

[XRebelStLX]

Stonewall is the greatest teacher of all time...he teaches to this very day..Greatest General of all time..

[anigma68]

amen brother!

[gengrant3]

He was outstanding but he is not even the best American general.He is right up there tough

[donuts05]

Im curious, who in your opinion is the greatest American general? Washington?

[acerb45666555]

)O( its a hard choice between Jackson! And Sherman! Both Tigers! Both Born Commanders! but, both American. curse that fratricidal war.

[CSALovedUSA]

Nice video, doing a school project on the CSA right now.

my dream taks =P .. God Bless The South!.

[eringobragh915]

Thank you!

[useagle1990]

Great video of a great Civil war General.