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Tag Archives: Stonewall Jackson
Earl Van Dorn at Spring Hill
I’ve had this photo sitting in the hopper for months, and then of course, I missed the date. The swell of end-of-the-semester grading has had me underwater for days—my apologies! This is the house in Spring Hill, Tennessee, where Earl … Continue reading
Lee and Jackson vs. the United States
Indulge me for a moment as I think out loud. I don’t have an answer to the question I’m about to pose, so I don’t have a position to state. I’m more interested in the conversation than the conclusion. A … Continue reading
Sheridan or Jackson?
While Chris and I were out on the battlefield the other day, we got to wondering what would happen if General Philip Sheridan and General Thomas Jackson met on the battlefield in 1864? This scenario had never been brought up … Continue reading
You May Be Whatever You Resolve To Be—Sort Of
As a Stonewall Jackson fanboy, I admit I was disappointed to learn today of news that the Virginia Military Institute will be removing Stonewall Jackson’s name from the campus’s Jackson Memorial Hall and the Jackson Arch, which spans the passageway … Continue reading
Generals in the Garden?
The first day of spring was March 20, and signs of spring are definitely starting in Virginia. As I’ve been watching my little window-box plants sprout, I remembered some stories about Civil War generals who liked to garden. I’m sure … Continue reading
Jane Corbin: “The Darling of the Whole Staff”
According to her mother, Jane Corbin’s name became “historic” because of a gift from General “Stonewall” Jackson. The little girl’s name appears in many biographies of Jackson, usually to illustrate his tenderness toward children. But who was she and do … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian
Tagged children in the Civil War, Jane Corbin, Moss Neck, Stonewall Jackson
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The Effects of Pepper
Today is Stonewall Jackson’s birthday. He would be 197 years old were he still with us. My daughter, when she was young, was a huge Stonewall Jackson groupie. She could roll off information about him the way a serious baseball … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Personalities
Tagged pepper, Stephanie Mackowski, Stephwall, Stonewall Jackson, Stonewall Jackson birthday
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Daniel Harvey Hill, Educator and General
Another installment n “Tales from the Tombstone.” For other posts in the series, click here. On a recent road-trip, I had the chance to take a slight detour off the interstate and visit Davidson, North Carolina. Now known as the … Continue reading
When a Monument Gets Its History Wrong
The U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee from Antietam National Battlefield (see here for details). The statue, erected in 2003 on private property along Route 34 heading into Sharpsburg, was later acquired … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Memory, Monuments, National Park Service
Tagged 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Antietam National Battlefield, Battle of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Gettysburg, high water mark, Lee statue at Antietam, Middle Pontoon Crossing, Monuments, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, upper pontoon crossing
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Moving Memory: Virginia Military Institute’s Stonewall Jackson Statue
The boy who became the sculptor stood guard over the dead general’s casket. We don’t know if he ever saw him alive, though it is possible their paths may have crossed on a spring day in Richmond when the Civil … Continue reading
