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Originally posted by MRM
By the way, "Stonewall" Jackson got his name derisively from a fellow confederate general who was in the middle of the fight, looking for reinforcements and saw Jackson's men holding their positions. He stated: "Look, there's Jackson, standing like a damned stone wall." The Stonewall myth was created only after he was gunned down by his own men at the end of the Battle of Chancellorville, and a better day's work they never did.
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HUH??
Jackson received the nickname during the Battle of Bull Run in 1861. During the battle the rebels were on retreat except for one brigade commanded by General Jackson. Due to Jackson's ability to hold his ground and his stubbornness, the men saw him similar to a stonewall, hence the nickname "Stonewall" Jackson.
You make it sound as if his own me shot him due to his ineptitude. The thing you got correct was that it WAS at Chancellorsville in 1863 (right outside Fredericksburg Va.) BUT he and his escort was fired upon when mistaken as the enemy.
I’m no diehard rebel, in fact I’m a Yankee but I do like to see history told correctly.