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Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan
"
Stonewall
"
Jackson
(January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a
Confederate
general
during the
American Civil War
, and the best-known Confederate commander 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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