Thomas Johnson Jackson Research Paper

Thomas Johnson Jackson, also known short as Stonewall Jackson was a senior general under Robert E. Lee. He was the general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War and died on May 2, 1863 after he was shot by his own troops in battle. The Confederate Army were fighting against the Union Troops. The text titled, “The death of Jackson” was based on primary source evidence, while the other text titled, “Mystery of how Confederate General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson was mistakenly killed by his own troops is solved...and it was all down to the Moon” was based on research. It was when night fell that Jackson was shot by mistake.

In “The death of Jackson” by Ben Cleary it says in line 2, “They came from the 18th North Carolina Regiment, who mistook the general and his party for the Union cavalry”. This shows that the Confederate Army mistakened Jackson with the Union cavalry, and so got shot by his own Army. Another piece of evidence in the same text is in …show more content…
In this text it says in line 3, “reconstruction of the Moon’s cycle at the time of the friendly fire incident has explained how General Jackson’s own troops mistaken him for the enemy”. What the author is explaining is that the Moon’s cycle at that time shone on Jackson in a way that made the Confederate Army view Jackson as the enemy. Another piece of evidence in line 9, “once we calculated the compass direction of the moon, it quickly became obvious how Stonewall Jackson would have been seen as a dark silhouette”. This shows scientific calculations that compass direction of the Moon made Stonewall Jackson appear as a dark silhouette. From this text you can start to visualize and understand how the direction of the Moon made Jackson appear as a dark silhouette, which made the Confederate Army shoot him by