Stonewall Jackson I chose Stonewall Jackson 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 Union’s role. Stonewall Jackson was born in 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), with the name Thomas Jonathan Jackson. He went through an inadequate country school as a child there. In 1842, he managed to secure a place for himself at the U.S. Military Academy. While there he was assigned to a war zone in Mexico (during the Mexican War), this is where he met Robert E. Lee. During his time spent there, his ranks rose from Lieutenant to Major. In 1851, he left the military to join the staff of the Virgin....

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