Stonewall Jackson

Part I of Essay
I chose 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 ....

Part II of Essay
.... men formed such a strong line that another southern general said, “There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Rally behind the Virginians!”. That is where he earned the name Stonewall. He was an amazing general. In the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, he conquered the North of 60,000 soldiers with his 17,000 men. Jackson fought under Lee in the Seven Days’ Battles, the Second Battle of Run, Antietam, Cedar Mountain and Fredericksburg. His greatest battle though, was in Chancellorsville in 1863. Jackson’s men took a vast defeat here. That ....