Jackson
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Jackson
Sort Name:
Jackson, General Thomas
AKA:
Stonewall Jackson
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dies
Occupation:
Armed Forces
Specific Job:
Confederate General
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Wednesday, January 21, 1824
Origin:
VIr
Cause of Death:
War
Other Texts:
Biography:
Thomas Jackson, who earned his nickname "Stonewall" at the first major battle of the Civil War, was a corps commander in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Ike refers to his 1862 actions "in the [Shenandoah] Valley" (274), when he successfully thwarted three Union armies with three times his own forces, usually considered one of the war's most brilliant campaigns. Cass refers to Jackson's death at the 1863 battle of Chancellorsville, when shortly after leading the surprise attack that devastated the Union army he was accidentally and fatally shot by his own men.
Ontological Status:
Historical/Real
Individual or Group:
Individual
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