Essay On Thomas Jackson

Thomas Jackson was born on January 21, 1824 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He was a hero in one of the most famous american wars ever fought, the civil war. He fought in the civil war from 1861-1865 which he died from a gunshot wound from friendly fire. When Thomas was growing up he had a very tough childhood when which his father died and his step father did not want him so he went to live with his uncle who made him work very very hard at their mill which was called Jackson’s mill. When he turned 17 Jackson was a county constable which is like a policeman. When he got older he went to West point Military Academy to graduate almost at the top of his class, although that was hard for him because he was not very smart and it was very hard for …show more content…
When the Civil war broke out and Thomas's home state of Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, Thomas joined the Confederate army and made his reputation for bravery and got his nickname at the Shenandoah Valley Campaign later the same year. Jackson served under General Robert E. Lee for a lot of the civil war, General Lee liked jackson because he was a important factor in many major civil war battles. The major battles Thomas Jackson was in is the battle of Bull Run, the second battle of Bull Run, the battle of Fredericksburg, the battle of Antietam, and the battle of Chancellorsville. Thomas Jackson got his nickname stonewall at the battle of Jackson earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run (also known as Manassas) in July 1861 when he rushed his troops forward to close a gap in the line against a determined Union attack and he stood like a stonewall against them. At the battle of Chancellorsville Thomas was shot by one of his own men in the arm and had to have it amputated and his arm was so important to the doctors they had a own grave site and a gravestone just for his arm that is buried 50 miles away from his burial