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Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was arguably the
best battlefield commander in the Civil War. A member of the
Class of '46 at West Point, he taught mathematics and gunnery
at the Virgina Military Institute
before accepting the command of a brigade at the start of the
War. He and the brigade earned the nickname "Stonewall"
from General Barnard Bee for their stand at the Battle of First
Manassas. Jackson was mortally wounded by a company of North Carolina infantry
on 2 May 1863, at Chancellorsville after leading a brilliant flanking assault against O. O. Howard's XI Corps. |
