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Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A biography focusing on Jackson as an individual as well as a military strategist and general, by one of the country's leading Civil War historians. The passage of 130 years has only deepened the fascination and reverence for Confederate general Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. He ranks today as among the half-dozen greatest soldiers that America has produced. Military academies in both hemispheres still teach his tactics. Revered by his men,...
4) Stonewall
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of the brilliant southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the life of Stonewall Jackson that discusses his childhood, education, military career, leadership during the Civil War, and more; and includes a chronology, a time line, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading.
Author
Publisher
PowerPlus Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Thomas Jonathan Jackson was a hero from humble beginnings, orphaned at a young age, raised by various relatives, earned an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point,and began his military career. With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Jackson defended his home state of Virginia, joining the Confederate army and rising in its ranks until he was mortally wounded by friendly fire in 1863.
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Davis highlights Stonewall Jackson as a general who emphasized the importance of reliable information and early preparedness (he so believed in information that he had a personal mapmaker with him at all times) and details Jackson's many lessons in strategy and leadership."--From publisher description
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon, he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered one of our country's greatest military figures. His briiliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high command in knots and threatened the ultimate success of the Union armies.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. As Chamberlain, Jackson,...