General Stonewall Jackson "Gods & Generals" - LifeLessons from Movies

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
January 21, 1824(1824-01-21) May 10, 1863 (aged 39)

General Jackson's "Chancellorsville" Portrait, taken at a Spotsylvania County farm on April 26, 1863, seven days before his wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Nickname Stonewall, Old Jack, Old Blue Light, Tom Fool
Place of birth Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Place of death Guinea Station, Virginia
Place of burial Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery
Lexington, Virginia
Allegiance United States Army
Confederate States Army
Years of service 184651 (USA)
186163 (CSA)
Rank Major (USA)
Lieutenant General
Commands held Stonewall Brigade
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Battles/wars Mexican-American War
American Civil War
Great Train Raid of 1861
First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)
Romney Expedition
Valley Campaign
Battle of Kernstown
Battle of Front Royal
Battle of Winchester (1862)
Battle of Port Republic
Seven Days Battles
Battle of Gaines' Mill
Battle of Savage's Station
Battle of White Oak Swamp
Battle of Malvern Hill
Northern Virginia Campaign
Battle of Cedar Mountain
First Battle of Rappahannock Station
Battle of Manassas Station Ops.
Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas)
Battle of Chantilly
Maryland Campaign
Battle of Harpers Ferry
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville †


Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824[1] May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee.[2] 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, which the general survived, albeit with the loss of an arm to amputation. However, he died of complications of 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.

Military historians consider Jackson to be one of the most gifted tactical commanders in United States history. His Valley Campaign and his envelopment of the Union Army right wing at Chancellorsville are studied worldwide even today as examples of innovative and bold leadership. He excelled as well in other battles: the First Battle of Bull Run (where he received his famous nickname "Stonewall"), the Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Jackson was not universally successful as a commander, however, as displayed by his weak and confused efforts during the Seven Days Battles around Richmond in 1862.

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[darthroden]

The only part of the song that I take exception to is the part about hating the Declaration of Independence...the Confederates revered the Founding Fathers of the United States, especially Washington and Jefferson. They saw themselves as the heir apparent of what the Founders intended when it came to running a government...they believed in limited government and the sovereignty of the individual States over the central government.

[libertarian93]

@darthroden whats even more funny is that the declaration of independance is one of the documents that supported their succesion

[07somar]

I disliked only because you put a retarded song would have been better off without it

[FatBird11]

If more young men admired great men like General Jackson we'd be much better off. Many of their "role models" today are vile.

[TheLoyalOfficer]

Dumb song doesn't even rhyme.

Illiterate fool.

[pokysamgg]

Slavery a yankee business for over 224 yerars. Step up boys and own up too it. Patrick Marines Vietnam 1968,Sons of Confederate Veteran.I fly the Battle Flag and Marine Flag. Semper Fi Dixie

[ArticleTen]

@darthroden

Me too.

[mpetersen6]

THe American Civil War was a crisis that had been brewing ever since the Constitution was adopted in the 1780s. The competing interests and views of North and South. Different economic and social views. And by and large the Federal government was left to try and sort out the mess and stave off disastar. While the crisis did come to a head in the 1860s it easily could of come earlier. New England had its own seccession movement in the 40's and 50's.

[RA9U1]

Leftists suffer from a mental illness called liberalism. It doesn't really make any sense to argue with them when their mental illness prevents them from thinking for themselves instead of the government thinking for them :).

[RA9U1]

@darthroden I'm sorry for giving you a thumbs down I meant to give you a thumbs up but my thumb spazed out on my "roller ball" so I accidentally pressed the thumbs down button. I didn't mean for the thumbs down.

[dalton9931]

@powerdriller10 you leftists think youre real fucking smart by putting 5th grade interpretations of the war and of the south on civil war videos to piss off people who take pride in their southern heritage. i take pride in the fact i have an ancestor that fought for the csa. not because im a racist because i believe all humans are equal, but because i look at him like a revolutionist because he fought for the safety of his land and his beliefs.

[dalton9931]

@powerdriller10 everyone thinks that everyone from the south at the time was a kkk radical hillbilly when they were pretty much the same as the north. the south were defending their state rights, there was nothing wrong with what the south did. the south even knew they had no chance to win the war because there was literally no way to win it due the north outnumbering them and having more supplies. the south just wanted to make a statement that they wanted to be left alone from northern tyranny.