After Jackson's death, his military exploits developed a legendary quality, becoming an important element of the ideology of the " Lost Cause". His death proved a big setback for the Confederacy, affecting not only its military prospects, but also the morale of its army and the general public. His left arm was to amputated weakened by his wounds, he died of pneumonia eight days later. That evening, he was accidentally shot by Confederate pickets. On May 2, Jackson launched a surprise attack against the Union right flank, driving the opposing troops back about two miles. In late April and early May 1863, facing a larger Union army now commanded by Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville, Lee divided his force into three parts. At Fredericksburg in December, Jackson's corps buckled, but ultimately beat back an assault by the Union Army under General Ambrose Burnside. Jackson's troops had a prominent role in September's Maryland Campaign, capturing Harpers Ferry, a strategic location, and providing a defense of the Confederate Army's left at Antietam. In the Northern Virginia Campaign that summer, Jackson's troops captured and destroyed an important supply depot for General John Pope's Army of Virginia, and then withstood repeated assaults from Pope's troops at the Second Battle of Bull Run. He did poorly in the Seven Days Battles against McClellan's Army of the Potomac, as he often arrived late on the field. Jackson then quickly moved his three divisions to reinforce General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in defense of Richmond. McClellan's Army of the Potomac in its campaign against Richmond. Despite an initial defeat due largely to faulty intelligence, through swift and careful maneuvers Jackson was able to defeat three separate Union armies and keep them from reinforcing General George B. He did exceptionally well in the campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley in 1862. compared him to a "stone wall", which became his enduring nickname. He distinguished himself commanding a brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run in July, providing crucial reinforcements and beating back a fierce Union assault. When Virginia seceded in May 1861 after Fort Sumter, Jackson joined the Confederate Army. From 1851 to 1861, he taught at Virginia Military Institute, where he was unpopular with his students.
Army during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848 and distinguished himself at Chapultepec. His tactics are still studied.īorn in what was then part of Virginia (now in West Virginia), Jackson got an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in the class of 1846. Military historians regard him as one of the most gifted tactical commanders in U.S. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern Theater of the war until his death, and had a key part in winning many significant battles. Thomas Jonathan " Stonewall" Jackson (Janu– May 10, 1863) served as a Confederate general (1861–1863) during the American Civil War, and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders, after Robert E.
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