Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, considered one of the South's most capable military commanders.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861, where his brigade held firm "like a stone wall." Known for rapid, aggressive tactics in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, he was accidentally shot by his own troops at Chancellorsville in 1863 and died shortly after.
- Jefferson DavisConfederacy's only president
- RichmondVirginia's seat of government
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- ShenandoahAppalachian river and park
secession · Confederacy · Southern · Dixie · antebellum · plantation · states' rights · Lost Cause
At the sides of
- cavalryMounted military force
- infantryGround combat troops
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- brigadeLarge military unit
corps · regiment · surprise attack · tactical genius · reconnaissance · fortification · encirclement · feint
Northern Virginia battlefield town
- Chancellorsville1863 Virginia battlefield
- Antietam1862 Maryland engagement
- FredericksburgVirginia Civil War site
- Harper's FerryHistoric West Virginia town
Refusing to change course
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- devoutDeeply religious, sincere
- PresbyterianElder-governed Protestant denomination
eccentric · secretive · disciplinarian · austere · pious · uncompromising · determined · stern
Informal substitute name
- immovableIncapable of being shifted
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- reveredDeeply respected, admired
- mythologizedMade into legend
Lost Cause · memorialized · monument · statue · controversial · venerated · lionized · renowned
Robert E. Lee
- Jefferson DavisConfederacy's only president
- RichmondVirginia's seat of government
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
Shenandoah · secession · Confederacy · Southern · Dixie · antebellum · plantation · states' rights · Lost Cause · rebellion
flanking
At the sides of
brigade · corps · regiment · surprise attack · tactical genius · reconnaissance · fortification · encirclement · feint · maneuver
Manassas
Northern Virginia battlefield town
- Chancellorsville1863 Virginia battlefield
- Antietam1862 Maryland engagement
- FredericksburgVirginia Civil War site
stubborn
Refusing to change course
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- resoluteFixed in purpose
- devoutDeeply religious, sincere
Presbyterian · eccentric · secretive · disciplinarian · austere · pious · uncompromising · determined · stern · rigid
nickname
Informal substitute name
- immovableIncapable of being shifted
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- reveredDeeply respected, admired
mythologized · Lost Cause · memorialized · monument · statue · controversial · venerated · lionized · renowned · illustrious
- U.S. GeneralsEisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Grant, Lee
- Jacksons
- AntietamBattle of Antietam, Robert E. Lee, Clara Barton, North Woods, Army of the Potomac
- Civil War FiguresRobert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, William Sherman
- Civil War VirginiaRobert E. Lee, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Petersburg, Richmond
- ConfederacyConfederate States, Jefferson Davis, Confederate flag, Confederate Congress, Confederate Army
Stonewall JacksonUlysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln · William Tecumseh Sherman · Frederick Douglass · Harriet Tubman · Union Army
wall, stone, Stonewall, Jackson, stonewalling, stonewalled, stonewaller, stonewalls