Essay Archive - Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
I chose Stonewall Jackson as my topic. He is a well-known figure from the
Civil War. I chose him because I wanted to research someone on the
confederate point of view, opposed to the Union. I wanted to learn more
about that side of the war, living in the north I feel I know more about
the Union’s role.
Stonewall Jackson was born in 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West
Virginia), with the name Thomas Jonathan Jackson. He went through an
inadequate country school as a child there. In 1842, he managed to secure a
place for himself at the U.S. Military Academy.
While t....
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