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The Seniormost Deaths
Today in 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was mortally wounded at the head of his troops during the Battle of Shiloh (or Pittsburg Landing). A plaque on the battlefield, placed by the War Department shortly after the park’s founding, … Continue reading
The Woundings of Jackson and Longstreet
The circumstances were eerily similar: both Confederate lieutenant generals had led successful flank attacks through the dark, close woods of the Wilderness when they were accidentally shot by their own men. For both Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, it seemed … Continue reading
Battlefield Markers & Monuments: Jackson at Chancellorsville
In early 1887, as fans of Union General John Sedgwick prepared to raise a monument to him at the Spotsylvania Court House battlefield, local residents got to wondering about erecting a monument of their own to a fallen Southern general. … Continue reading
Jackson’s Wounding: The Best Thing to Happen to Lee at Chancellorsville
I made a somewhat inflammatory comment the other day that—although I didn’t realize it until I said it—I’ve been thinking about a lot over the last decade or so: “Stonewall Jackson’s wounding was probably the best thing that happened to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chancellorsville, Jackson wounding, jackson's flank attack, JEB Stuart
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On Location: Where Stonewall Jackson Got Shot
I’m On Location at Chancellorsville once again—this time at the scene of one of the most famous incidences of the war. Stonewall Jackson, riding along the Mountain Road, was accidentally shot by his own men—and we’ve been talking about it … Continue reading
“VMI Will Be Heard From Today”
“You may go forward, then.” With those five words, Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson ordered Brigadier General Robert Rodes’ division forward. As Jackson had said earlier on the May 2, 1863, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) would be heard from that … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Emerging Civil War Series, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, National Park Service, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville, A.P. Hill, Battle of Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville, Chris Mackowski, darell l. collins, Fighting Joe Hooker, free lance star, Henry Heth, Jackson wounding, James Lane, Kristopher White, Raleigh Colston, Robert E. Lee, Robert Rodes, Stonewall Jackson, VMI
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Shaping Chancellorsville: The first memory memorialized on the field
part two in a series The first effort to mark out events on the Chancellorsville Battlefield came as early at 1883, although some accounts suggest it happened as early as 1876. Former members of Stonewall Jackson’s staff placed a large … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville battlefield, Fitzhugh Lee, FRSP, FSNMP, Jackson Rock, Jackson wounding, James Power Smith, John Sedgwick, Memory, National Park Service, NPS, Preservation, Shaping-Chancellorsville, Stonewall Jackson
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The New Face of an Old Road
On May 2, Kathleen Logothetis offered a look at the Mountain Road–the location where Stonewall Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men during the Battle of Chancellorsville. As visitors to Chancellorsville this spring may have noticed, however, the Mountain … Continue reading
“If Jackson hadn’t gotten shot”: Facing the Counterfactual Specter of Stonewall Jackson’s Wounding
Imagine a grave tone of voice, a rueful shake of the head: “Oh, if Jackson hadn’t gotten shot….” Sometimes, the phrase gets stated in the form of certainty: “If Jackson hadn’t gotten shot…” or even, “If Jackson had lived….” The … Continue reading
