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Lexington, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 1824-1863 Military officer; born in Clarksburg, Va., Jan. 21, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1846, entering the 2d Artillery; served in the war with Mexico; was brevetted captain and major; and resigned in 1852 with health impaired, becoming professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He entered the Confederate service, as colonel, in April, 1861, and commanded the Army of observation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to th
Falling Waters (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 1824-1863 Military officer; born in Clarksburg, Va., Jan. 21, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1846, entering the 2d Artillery; served in the war with Mexico; was brevetted captain and major; and resigned in 1852 with health impaired, becoming professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He entered the Confederate service, as colonel, in April, 1861, and commanded the Army of observation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to th
West Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 1824-1863 Military officer; born in Clarksburg, Va., Jan. 21, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1846, entering the 2d Artillery; served in the war with Mexico; was brevetted captain and major; and resigned in 1852 with health impaired, becoming professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He entered the Confederate service, as colonel, in April, 1861, and commanded the Army of observation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to th
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 1824-1863 Military officer; born in Clarksburg, Va., Jan. 21, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1846, entering the 2d Artillery; served in the war with Mexico; was brevetted captain and major; and resigned in 1852 with health impaired, becoming professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He entered the Confederate service, as colonel, in April, 1861, and commanded the Army of observation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to th
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 1824-1863 Military officer; born in Clarksburg, Va., Jan. 21, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1846, entering the 2d Artillery; served in the war with Mexico; was brevetted captain and major; and resigned in 1852 with health impaired, becoming professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He entered the Confederate service, as colonel, in April, 1861, and commanded the Army of observation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to th
Thomas Jonathan Jackson (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan 1824-1863 Military officer; born in Clarksburg, Va., Jan. 21, 1824; graduated at West Point in 1846, entering the 2d Artillery; served if observation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to the fugitives; there stands Jackson like a stone wall. The effect of these woJackson like a stone wall. The effect of these words was wonderful. The flight was checked, order was brought out of confusion, and ever afterwards the calm general was called Stonewall. He attained the rank of l
Jesse B. Thomas (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
ing the 2d Artillery; served in the war with Mexico; was brevetted captain and major; and resigned in 1852 with health impaired, becoming professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He entered the Confederate service, as colonel, in April, 1861, and commanded the Army of observation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to the fugitives; there stands Jackson like a stone wall. The effect of these words was wonderful. The flight was checked, order was brough
Henry Warner Slocum (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
brevetted captain and major; and resigned in 1852 with health impaired, becoming professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, Va. He entered the Confederate service, as colonel, in April, 1861, and commanded the Army of observation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to the fugitives; there stands Jackson like a stone wall. The effect of these words was wonderful. The flight was checked, order was brought out of confusion, and ever afterwards the calm general
Stonewall (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
servation at Harper's Ferry. His first engagement was at Falling Waters. Jackson commanded a brigade in the battle of Bull Run, where he received the name of Stonewall. A furious charge, made by a New York Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troopStonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to the fugitives; there stands Jackson like a stone wall. The effect of these words was wonderful. The flight was checked, order was brought out of confusion, and ever afterwards the calm general was called Stonewall. He attained the rank of lieutenant-general, and was accidentally shot by his own men, while reconnoitring during the battle of Chancellorsville; and, from his wounds, and a sudden attack of pneumonia, he
Bernard E. Bee (search for this): entry jackson-thomas-jonathan
Thomas J. ( Stonewall ) Jackson. regiment, under Col. Henry W. Slocum, had shattered the Confederate line, and the troops had fled to a plateau whereon General Jackson had just arrived with reserves. They are beating us back! exclaimed Gen. Bernard E. Bee. Well, sir, replied Jackson, we will give them the bayonet. Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to the fugitives; there stands Jackson like a stone wall. The effect of these words was wonderful. The flight was checked, order was Bee was encouraged. Form! Form! he cried to the fugitives; there stands Jackson like a stone wall. The effect of these words was wonderful. The flight was checked, order was brought out of confusion, and ever afterwards the calm general was called Stonewall. He attained the rank of lieutenant-general, and was accidentally shot by his own men, while reconnoitring during the battle of Chancellorsville; and, from his wounds, and a sudden attack of pneumonia, he died in Guinea Station, Va., May 10, 1863.
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