Tag Archives: Ellwood

The Last Week of Jackson in Modern Photographs: The Amputation

Posted on May 8, 2013 by
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A Foggy Morning at Ellwood

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Ellwood, Wilderness National Battlefield

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Jackson’s Arm and the Occupy Movement

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

A mythos is a set of beliefs or assumptions about something, and every hero needs to be surrounded by one. Confederate General Thomas Jackson has probably one of the best mythos anywhere, from eating lemons to last words. Did he … Continue reading →

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Appendages of Heroes and Rogues

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

In honor of Chris Mackowski’s paper on the Arm of Stonewall Jackson being accepted at the New York Folklore Society Conference in Binghamton, New York, I have decided to place an excerpt from our book The Last Days of Stonewall … Continue reading →

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