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**THOMAS JONATHAN JACKSON**

Thomas Jackson was born on Jan. 21, 1824, at Clarksburg, Va. after the deaths of his father and his mother he was raised by his uncle. Jackson attended the U.S. Military Academy from 1842 to 1846, after his graduation he joined the 1st Artillery Regiment as a second lieutenant in the Mexican war. after the Mexican war, Jackson served at Ft. Columbus and at Ft. Hamilton. in 1851 he accepted a position as professor of philosophy and artillery tactics at Virginia Military Institute.

On Aug. 4, 1853, Jackson Married Elinor Junkin, but she and her child died during childbirth in October 1854. in 1856 Jackson married Mary Anna Morrison, and she had his daughter.


 * FIRST BULL RUN**[[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:hu0mZfxng-7eAM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Stonewall_Jackson_Bendann.jpg width="175" height="118" align="right" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Stonewall_Jackson_Bendann.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonewall_Jackson_Bendann.jpg&usg=__O_KKYx6de-wxpX6nKrlPjB-UOUE=&h=828&w=1036&sz=404&hl=en&start=12&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=hu0mZfxng-7eAM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstonewall%2Bjackson%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1"]]

When Virgina seceded from the Union in April 1861, confederate government immediately commissioned him a colonel and sent him to Harpers Ferry. there he became brigade commander and brigadier general. at the first battle of bull run on July 21, when Jackson's brigade reinforced the confederate left to stem the Union attack. Gen. Bearnard E. Bee rallied his men with the words "there is Jackson standing like a stone wall." the confederates Won the first major battle of the civil war and Jackson won a new name " Stonewall Jackson".


 * SHENANDOAH VALLY CAMPAIN**

In November 1861 Jackson received command of the Shenandoah Vally district of Virginia. in May 1862 Jackson attacked an enemy force at McDowell and then struck another union army at front Royal he drove the enemy back to the Potomac he fought of converging union armies at cross Keys and at Port Republic. with only 16,000 men he diverted 60,000 Federal troops from the Richmond campaingn.


 * SECOND BULL RUN**

In mid -July of 1862 Lee detached Jackson and his men to meet the advance of a new Union army. on August 9 Jackson defeated part of the that command, then he destroyed their supply base at Manassas, on June 30 Jackson and Lee drove the Union army from the field.

On May 2, Jackson launched an attack that routed the Union right and drove it back almost to Chancellorsville. as Jackson returned from scouting the union lines his men mistook him for union troops and shot him, his arm required amputation so he was removed south to Guiney's station, Va., for rest and recovery. there he developed pneumonia and died on may 10, 1863.
 * CHANCELLORSVILLE AND MORTAL INJURY**

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 * //Encyclopedia of World Biography//. 2nd ed. 17 vols. 1998. Farmington Hills: Gale,
 * //Encyclopedia of World Biography//. 2nd ed. 17 vols. 1998. Farmington Hills: Gale,