Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was born on January 21st, 1824 in Clarksburg, Virginia. Thomas Jackson achieved many things within a short span of time, one including his stance as a United States Confederacy military leader later on his life. Starting school he soon then graduated from West Point in 1846 near the top of his class. Thomas fought in the Mexican-American war (1846-1848), during this time he was promoted to the position of brevet second lieutenant. During his time within this battle he also met Robert E. Lee. Shortly after he served his time within this war Thomas was promoted to the rank of a Major. Thomas was a teacher for sometime having taught at VMI (Virginia Military Institute), …show more content…
Sherman) having both excelled within the military and educational ranks have pivotal roles within the Civil War. Now, which one of these two military leaders had a stronger influential impact within the war, Stonewall Jackson, or T. Sherman?
Evaluation: The main source used within this essay civilwar.org. This site offers information on the two generals used to construct this essay, William T. Sherman and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. The site is a (.org) which means it is run organization and is credited with having resourceful information. This site is not bias seeing that it only offers facts about these two military leaders and no opinionated statements. Purpose: The site was created to give information about the Civil War, including the events, people involved, and wars. Value of Limitation: This site is not a complete resource seeing that it does not provide a full description of the two military leaders only a brief summary of their life and what the site “thinks” is the most important