Jonathan Jackson Stonewall Jackson

Thomas Jonathan Jackson, also known as "Stonewall" Jackson, was born on January 21, 1824 in Clacksburg, Virginia. There is some dispute about the actual location of his birth. A historical marker on the floodwall in Parkersburg, West Virginia, claims that he was born in a cabin near the spot where his mother was visiting her parents. Thomas Jackson was the third child of Julia Beck Jackson and Jonathan Jackson. Julia was born in 1798 and died in 1831. Jonathan was born in 1790 and died in 1826. Thomas had a younger sister named Laura another named Elizabeth and a brother named Warren. He also has a half-brother named William Wirt. Elizabeth died at the age of six because of typhoid fever. Thomas' father died twenty days later because of the same reason. With the mother's health failing and many more …show more content…
Artillery Regiment and was sent to fight in the Mexican-American war. After the war, Jackson was briefly assigned to forts in New York, and then Florida during the Seminole War. But because of some disputes with his commanding officer, he was only in Florida for a year. Now after being a teacher and going through many marriages, Jackson became a drill master when the Civil War began. On April 27, 1861 Colonel Jackson was ordered to take command at Harpers Ferry. It was here where he assembled his famous "Stonewall Birgade". Following raids on the B&O Railroad on May 24, he was promoted to Brigadier General on June 17. During the battle of Chancellorsville, Jackson was injured by his own men. Because of his injuries in Chancellorsville, his right arm was amputated. And because of this injury, he also caught pneumonia. Thomas Jonathan Jackson died due to the complications of pneumonia on May 10,1863. His body was moved to the Governor's Mansion in Richmond for the public to mourn. His body's final resting place is in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery in Lexington,