Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

(noun)

(January 21, 1824–May 10, 1863) A Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee.

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  • Joseph Hooker
  • Robert E. Lee

Examples of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson in the following topics:

  • The Battle of Chancellorsville

    • The Confederate Army won at the Battle of Chancellorsville, but lost many troops, including General "Stonewall" Jackson.
    • The victory was tempered by heavy casualties and the mortal wounding of Lieutenant General Thomas J.
    • "Stonewall" Jackson by friendly fire, a devastation that Lee likened to, "losing [his] right arm."
    • Just as seriously, he lost his most aggressive field commander, Stonewall Jackson.
    • Stonewall Jackson on May 2, 1863.
  • The Second Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam

    • Thomas J.
    • "Stonewall" Jackson captured the Union supply depot at Manassas Junction, threatening Pope's line of communications with Washington, D.C.
    • Withdrawing a few miles to the northwest, Jackson took up defensive positions on Stony Ridge.
    • Pope became convinced that he had trapped Jackson and concentrated the bulk of his army against him.
    • At noon, Longstreet arrived on the field from Thoroughfare Gap and took position on Jackson's right flank.
  • The Battle of Bull Run

    • Johnston and benefited from the ingenious tactics of Colonel Thomas J.
    • Jackson.
    • A brigade of Virginians under a relatively unknown colonel from the Virginia Military Institute, Thomas J.
    • Jackson, stood their ground giving rise to Jackson’s famous nickname, "Stonewall Jackson."
  • Nat Turner's Rebellion

    • Some individual white people, such as a young teacher named Thomas J.
    • Jackson (better known to history as "Stonewall Jackson") and another named Mary Smith Peake, chose to violate the laws and teach slaves to read.
  • Civil Service Reform

    • Hayes took office determined to reform the system of civil service appointments, which had been based on the spoils system since Andrew Jackson was president.
    • Logan asked Hayes to shut down the "star route" rings, a system of corrupt contract profiteering in the Postal Service, and to fire Second Assistant Postmaster-General Thomas J.
  • Getting the Most Out of Your Time

    • Jackson Brown, Jr., would maintain that we delude ourselves if we plead insufficient time.
    • You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein."
  • The Muckrakers

    • Helen Hunt Jackson (1831–1885) — A Century of Dishonor, U.S. policy regarding Native Americans.
    • The magazine's pool of writers were associated with the muckraker movement, such as Ray Stannard Baker, Burton J.
    • Glavis, Will Irwin, J.M.
    • Norcross, Charles Edward Russell), Everybody's Magazine (William Hard, Thomas William Lawson, Benjamin B.
    • According to Fred J.
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