...Stonewall Jackson was born Thomas Jonathan Jackson on January 21, 1824 around midnight in the town of Clarksburg, West Virginia. In 1842, after attending local schools, Jackson enrolled in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. In 1846, he graduated from West Point. Within a couple years, Jackson was chosen to fight in the Mexican-American War. In Mexico he joined the 1st U.S. Artillery as a 2nd lieutenant. Jackson quickly proved his bravery and resilience on the field, serving with importance under General Winfield Scott. Jackson spent 10 years as a professor of artillery tactics and natural philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. A skilled military tactician, he then served as a Confederate general under Robert E. Lee in the American Civil War, leading troops at Manassas, Antietam and Fredericksburg. Stonewall Jackson later was chosen to lead the Confederacy after Robert E. Lee during the U.S. Civil War. His importance marked him not only as a general, but a great man as well. Stonewall Jackson succeeded greatly; as an American, and as a role model and leader to the Confederacy. One reason Jackson is a very important person is because he had been promoted to the rank of brevet major and was considered a war hero during the brutal Civil War. Jackson later organized extremely successful military...
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...Vincent “Bo” Jackson was born on November 30, 1962, in Bessemer, Alabama. He was a constant trouble maker growing up. His cousins and siblings compared his toughness to a wild boar hog, and gave him the nickname “Bo.” It was very obvious early on that Bo was an extraordinary athlete. For example, he could dunk a stick into a basketball hoop in the 8th grade. After Bo and others killed $3,000 worth of hogs, the minister encouraged Bo’s mother to send him to reform school. Bo realized he needed to change his behavior. He turned his anger into energy for sports. Bo Jackson is an epic hero because he is capable of great strength and courage, a great warrior, and humble. Bo Jackson exhibited great strength and courage without having to put in much effort. His natural talent was unremarkable. At a young age, Bo saw practice as a waste of time because he was so far ahead of everybody. Bo showed an incredible amount of courage by choosing Auburn over Alabama. He didn’t care about the Alabama’s winning past. Instead, Bo cared about what impact he could make to help his team. His coaches at Auburn would introduce skills taught in the NFL and Bo would master them in a couple of days. Bo’s first...
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...award-winning author of the biographies of Stonewall Jackson and A. P. Hill and numerous books on the Civil War. In the follow up to his biography of the man, Robertson’s Stonewall Jacksons Book of Maxims serves as a guide to the inner hopes, ambitions and moral fiber of one of history’s most outstanding military leaders, “Stonewall” Jackson. On a wall, somewhere in the Virginia Military Institute is inscribed one of Jackson’s most important maxims, “You may be whatever you will resolve to be”. Robertson serves as the guide on a journey through what exactly it was that “Stonewall” Jackson intended to be, citing achievement, faith and his most important beliefs and values as proof of his iron clad resolve and will to be a better man. Jackson had read Lord Chesterfield and had decided that the latter was correct in the idea that with “the help of history, a young man may, in some instances, acquire the experience of old age…the more he is informed of what is past, the better he will know how to conduct himself for the future”. This idea, the young man possessing knowledge cumulative to that of a far more experienced man would play a part in Jackson’s quest for self-improvement. The maxim itself explaining that through work and the attainment of knowledge one that is unknowing can become knowing. Essentially, if we are but pictures of ourselves then these maxims served the sole purpose of filling the holes left in that picture by Jacksons mountain upbringing. The last and most important...
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...Beauregard. Beauregard. Beauregard. The chant, as his men marched back South from the The First Battle of Bull Run. The Confederacy wouldn't have won The First Battle of Bull Run if it wasn't for P.G.T. Beauregard going to U.S. military academy at West Point. In St. Bernard Parish on May 28, 1818, Beauregards mom gave birth to one of the best commanders of the Confederacy. Beauregard was an important person in The First Battle of Bull Run which started on a hot sunny day on July 21, 1861. The first shots of the Civil War were shot when Beauregard ordered his men to shoot. Commander Beauregard was a very smart man because he assumed that the Union Army would strike at Manassas to take the railroad junction, so he stationed most of his men between...
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...Thomas Jonathan Jackson, otherwise known as Stonewall Jackson. He earned his nickname, stonewall Jackson,during the first battle of the American Civil War, Bull Run or by the Southern name, Battle of Manassas. During the Battle of Manassas Jackson and his troops stood still and strong, like a stonewall, against Union troops. Throughout the Civil War Jackson was one of the most Smart and well known generals, to some he was one of the best of his time. Jackson was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on january 21, 1824. His dad, Jonathan, was a lawyer and married Julia Beckwith Neale. They both had four children, Thomas Jackson was the third born. When Jackson was two his dad and six year old sister died of typhoid fever. This left Jackson's mother...
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...Rebel Yell is biography that encompasses Stonewall Jackson’s rise to fame. It is segregated into five main sections. The various sections take us from the unknown country boy at West Point to the brilliant general that emerged during the Civil War. Rebel Yell accurately conveys his personality, military exploits, as well as the legend that is Stonewall. The reader is first given a brief glimpse of Jackson beginning with his childhood all the way to becoming a professor. It also discusses his actions in the Mexican American War. With this you are given a window into Jackson’s emotions and you are get to bear witness to the transformation of Stonewall. Thus allowing you to establish a familiarity with him before diving more in depth into his life. The reader is...
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...The Confederate invasion of the North in September of 1862 was an attempt by Robert E. Lee to swing the war in favor of the South. The main reason for the Confederate invasion was that the British were on the verge of recognizing the Confederacy if they could show it could hold its own, and Lee was anxious to provide a cornerstone for the Confederacy to build upon. The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in American history and was a major blow to the Army of Northern Virginia and the morale of the south. This is the tableau against which our story unfolds. Stephen W. (Ward) Sears was born July 27th, 1932 in Ohio. He is a pre-eminent American historian specializing in all facets of the Civil War. He graduated from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio and was an attendee of a journalism seminar at Radcliffe-Harvard. As a novelist, he has concentrated on the military history of the Civil War, primarily focusing his works on the battles involving and leaders of the Army of the Potomac. He was formerly employed as an editor for the Educational Department at the American Heritage Publishing Company. Sears currently resides in Norwalk, Connecticut. Some of the other books he has written on the Civil War are Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign, and George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon. However, it is his novel, Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam, that we are concerned with here. It is a fantastic book detailing the battle of...
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...Paul Banks Ocean Atlantic Rentals Swinton Scholarship September 17, 2014 This summer I worked in Avon, North Carolina as a delivery driver for Ocean Atlantic Rentals (OAR). I learned a lot this summer including how to drive a box truck, how to and how not to talk to girls, and most importantly I learned how hard work can pay off in huge dividends. When I first walked into OAR at the beginning of the summer I met some strangers that eventually became my best friends and the people that I would share the most incredible summer of my life with. After meeting my new co-workers, my attention was drawn to a quote written in big black letters on the wall: “You may be whatever you resolve to be.” –Major General Stonewall Jackson. This inspirational quote has helped shape me into the person that I strive to become. When I graduate from Hampden-Sydney College I want to open a successful business and make ridiculous amounts of money. Now, I don’t want to sound egotistical or arrogant, so I will say if this dream comes true I do not plan to be greedy nor do I plan on flaunting my money around. I want to help people with this money and to make a difference in this world. I want to leave an everlasting impression on people in a very positive manner. Being extremely filthy rich makes it very easy to help people that are in need but if I do not succeed in this goal I will still help out others who are in need. In the past, I have rang bells for the Salvation Army to raise money...
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...Many things in history especially back in the early 1900’s impacted our history dramatically. Deaths and causalities from soldiers being in war has caused a great amount of conflict within our nation. Although this all maybe true nothing can beat The Battle Of Antietam also know as the Battle Of Sharpsburg back on September 17th 1862, where more people were killed in one day compared to 9/11 where about 5,000 deaths were accounted for. The Battle Of Antietam is the one known battle to be by far the bloodiest day in the whole civil war along with the bloodiest day in American History. This battle didn’t just come to be, it started off with off with one of General McClellan Union soldiers walking on a field and finding a wad of cigars on the ground. George McClellan the commander for Union Army of the Potomac troops and responsible for anything that happens in Washington D.C. Especially with Robert E. Lee’s future plans to invade the North. Little did he know the soldier discovered a battle plan in that wad of cigars which made his way to McClellan, but it wasn’t long before Lee found out his plan already known about by the Unions. The map showed the exact plans that Confederate leader General Robert E. Lee had planned to attack the North with. Overall after Antietam there was no clear “winner.” Although people tend to be more opinionated toward the Union side winning only because they stopped the invasion of the North. The winner of the Battle Of Antietam is unclear and depends...
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...those he loved. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia on June 1, 1862. This was the main army of the Confederacy. It was not until three years later that he officially assumed command of all Confederate troops. However, this was a mere formality as he had been the main leader throughout the course of the war. In his first major battle of the Civil War, Lee’s army demolished the troops of John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). However, at Antietam, Lee lost one-third of his troops to George McClellan, who wielded a paper that contained Lee’s battle plans. Lee then proceeded to avenge his loss by winning at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. The victory at Chancellorsville was a bittersweet one; Stonewall Jackson, Lee’s right-hand man, was killed. These victories emboldened Lee and gave him the idea to begin an offensive. In July of 1863, Lee again lost a third of his troops at...
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...Battle of Fredericksburg 1. Battle of Fredericksburg a. Who i. The Battle of Fredericksburg took place during a time were a new nation, America, was trying to find its identity after succeeding from Britain. Because of different viewpoints of the citizens in this new country, states started to succeed to sustain their way of living. The southern states in this new nations earned its living from agriculture, which heavily relied on slaves to tend the fields. The northern states were industrial for the most part during this time period and earned its keep by trade. President Lincoln had a different point of view of how the new nation should operate. He believed the nation would only be as strong as its weakest link, and wanted to stop the states from succeeding. This essentially caused the civil war, which was fought between the Union and the Confederacy. b. When ii. There were a number of battles that occurred on the eastern side of the United States that led to the Battle of Fredericksburg such as: the Battle of Hampton Roads, the Battle of Winchester, The Seven Days Battle, the Second Battle of the Bull Run and etc. All of these prior conflicts led to the Battle of Fredericksburg that began on December 11, 1862 and ended December 15, 1862. c. Where iii. The Battle of Fredericksburg started in the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. This battle is considered the first urban assaults led by the Union army of this era; the...
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...General Robert E Lee - Battle of Chancellorsville Name Institution Course Tutor Date General Robert E Lee - Battle of Chancellorsville Introduction The Battle of Chancellorsville took place in April 30 – May 6, 1863, and was part of the American Civil war. This battle is widely recognized in the American history as Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory during the American Civil War. Following the Union disaster at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Major General Ambrose Burnside was eased and Major General Joseph Hooker “Fighting Joe” stood in his place as Commander of the Army of the Potomac. After the trials of 1862, Hooker took the spring to reorganize and rehabilitate his troops who were encamped on the east bank of the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg. General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia was encamped to the west of Fredericksburg and remained in place along the heights they had protected the earlier December. On April 30, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph “Fighting Joe” Hooker traversed the Rappahannock River and steered part of his large army onto the open of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. A strong cohort of Hooker’s army menaced the Confederate lines opposite Fredericksburg. Joe Hooker had reorganized and revitalized the Potomac Army over the preceding winter, with the Federal Force also greatly outnumbering the Confederates – approximately 130,000 to 60, 000 (Reid, 2013). Lee carried a union plan where he split his army in two, confronting...
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...he loved. Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia on June 1, 1862. This was the main army of the Confederacy. It was not until three years later that he officially assumed command of all Confederate troops. However, this was a mere formality as he had been the main leader throughout the course of the war. In his first major battle of the Civil War, Lee’s army demolished the troops of John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). However, at Antietam, Lee lost one-third of his troops to George McClellan, who wielded a paper that contained Lee’s battle plans. Lee then proceeded to avenge his loss by winning at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. The victory at Chancellorsville was a bittersweet one; Stonewall Jackson, Lee’s right-hand man, was killed. These victories emboldened Lee and gave him the idea to begin an offensive. In July of 1863, Lee again lost a third of his troops at Gettysburg....
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...Thomas Jonathan Jackson was one of the best confederate generals and one of the best officers to serve under the more famous General Robert E. Lee. He was a very honorable general. Although Jackson had a very rough life at home and as a child he still prevailed as a godly and respected man. Jackson was born January 21, 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia which is now modern day West Virginia. He overcame many struggles in his younger years. He was two years old when his sister and father passed away. His father got sick and died of typhoid fever when he was 36. His sister Elizabeth also died of typhoid fever when she was six and his brother Warren died of Tuberculosis when he was twenty. His mom, Julia Beckwith Neale, remarried to a man named Blake...
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...Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson is greatly known for being a confederate general in the American Civil War. He supported the confederacy(slave holding states) and owned slaves during his time as a soldier. He was such a significant figure in history that he even had statues put up to honor him and his work. But with recent racial tensions (Charlottesville and BLK) Stonewall’s statues are no longer being praised. In an editorial by Warren and William Christian the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson, argue that failing to remove Jackson’s statue will just worsen racial tensions. They achieve this by summarizing and using exemplification. The authors use specific examples of how the confederate monuments are giving white supremacists a basis...
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