Jackson, Thomas J. – Civil War Profiles

Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel

December 2, 2016 Civil War Profiles 0

Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel: An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War Sharon B. Smith Hardcover; 288 pages Lyons Press (2016) In Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel, author Sharon B. Smith examines one of the most […]

Christmas at Moss Neck with Stonewall Jackson

December 23, 2015 Mathew W. Lively 6

Following the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, General Stonewall Jackson established his winter headquarters at Moss Neck Manor, a stately plantation home located twelve miles east of the city. The home of Richard […]

Guiney Station

May 10, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

Inside this outbuilding near Guiney Station, Virginia, Stonewall Jackson passed away from pneumonia at 3:15 pm on May 10, 1863. James Power Smith, Jackson’s former aide-de-camp, had the stone marker placed in 1903.

Such Troops As These

December 31, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Such Troops As These: The Genius and Leadership of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson Bevin Alexander Hardcover; 332 pages Berkley (2014) Such Troops As These is an analysis of Stonewall Jackson’s performance as a general during […]

Rebel Yell

September 26, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson S. C. Gywnne Hardcover; 688 pages. Scribner (2014) Rebel Yell is an easy-to-read biography of Stonewall Jackson focusing on his Civil War career with interspersed […]

Remains of the “Marshall”

July 6, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Iron hull remains of the packet boat, Marshall, that transported Stonewall Jackson’s casket from Lynchburg to Lexington, VA in May 1863. The original boat was 90 feet long and 14 feet wide. The hull is […]

Jed Hotchkiss Maps the Shenandoah Valley

March 26, 2014 Mathew W. Lively 0

On March 26, 1862, three days after the Battle of Kernstown, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson asked to see a 33-year-old schoolteacher in the Augusta County militia who happened to be good at drawing […]

Traveller and Little Sorrel – The War-Horses of Lee and Jackson

February 9, 2014 Mathew W. Lively 9

Traveller, the war-horse of Robert E. Lee, and Little Sorrel, Stonewall Jackson’s horse, were nearly as recognizable during the Civil War as their owners. Still held in reverence long after the war, both horses’ remains […]

Is this Stonewall Jackson in Camp?

October 15, 2013 Mathew W. Lively 43

Stonewall Jackson had two portrait photographs taken during the Civil War – one in Winchester, Virginia, in November 1862 and the other near Fredericksburg, Virginia, in April 1863. No other period photographs of Jackson […]

18th NC Regiment Flag

September 22, 2013 Civil War Profiles 0

Obverse and reverse of the flag carried by the 18th North Carolina Regiment at the battle of Chancellorsville on the night of May 2, 1863 when members of the unit accidentally wounded Lt. Gen. Thomas […]