Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863

Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate Army officer from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va.

Confederate general.

Confederate Army officer, from Lexington (Rockbridge Co.), Va.

U.S. and Confederate Army officer. Born Thomas Jonathan Jackson.

U.S. and Confederate Army officer; b. Thomas Jonathan Jackson.

Jackson was a colonel in the CSA Infantry. Bennett was Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts.

Stonewall Jackson was Brigadier General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

C.S.A. general.

Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson was a United States (U.S.) Confederate Army general during the Civil War. He was in the Valley District, Department (Dept.) of Northern Virginia.

Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate general. Jackson was a graduate of West Point United States Military Academy; served with the United States Army in Mexico and at Fort Columbus and Fort Hamilton, N.Y., 1849-1851; and was a professor of natural philosophy and military tactics at Virginia Military Institute. During the Civil War, Jackson was an officer for the Confederacy and commanded troops at Harper's Ferry, Va.

Country performer. Born November 26, 1932. Real name: Thomas Jackson. Singer, songwriter, and recording artist. Joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1956. Successful recording career, including the 1959 crossover hit "Waterloo," which stayed #1 on the country charts for five weeks and crossed over to #4 on the pop charts.

Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. West Point graduate, served in Mexican-American War; professor at Virginia Military Institute; commanded with great skill and success various units in the Army of Northern Virginia until mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.

Laura Ann Jackson (Arnold). Beloved younger sister of Stonewall Jackson; corresponded frequently with her brother after he left home but their close relationship was destroyed during the Civil War when she remained an outspoken Unionist and became estranged from brother and other family members; married Jonathan Arnold in 1844 and divorced in 1870.

Jay Winston Johns, Jr. was a coal industrialist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who moved to Virginia and became a leader in preserving homes of renowned Virginians. He married Helen Lambert (1881-1964). Johns became blind in the late 1950's.

He and his wife owned "Ash Lawn," Albemarle County, Virginia which had been the home of James Monroe and designed by Thomas Jefferson. Johns was founder of the Lee-Jackson Memorial, Inc., a foundation dedicated to preserving the memory of Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson and the South's part in the Civil War; and a founder of the Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation, an organization whose main purpose was that of purchasing, restoring, and maintaining for the public, homes of renowned men specifically, the Lee-Fendall House in Alexandria, Virginia.

Johns, himself was a strong Democrat and corresponded with and publicly supported all of the prominent Virginia political figures of his time. He was a spirited supporter of the Virginia Military Institute as a member of the Board of Visitors, and as an honorary member of the Alumni Association; a charter member, and later trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and a member of the Virginia Chapter of the Society of the Cincinnati. He also received an honorary degree from the College of William and Mary in 1967.

Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. West Point graduate, served in Mexican-American War; professor at Virginia Military Institute; commanded with great skill and success various units in the Army of Northern Virginia until mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.

Laura Ann Jackson (Arnold). Beloved younger sister of Stonewall Jackson; corresponded frequently with her brother after he left home but their close relationship was destroyed during the Civil War when she remained an outspoken Unionist and became estranged from brother and other family members; married Jonathan Arnold in 1844 and divorced in 1870.