Stonewall jackson biography kids

Quick facts for kids Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan Jackson
General Jackson photographed at Winchester, Virginia 1862
Nickname(s)	"Stonewall", "Old Jack", "Old Blue Light", "Tom Fool"
Born	(1824-01-21)January 21, 1824 Clarksburg, Virginia, U.S. (now Clarksburg, West Virginia)
Died	May 10, 1863(1863-05-10) (aged 39) Guinea Station, Virginia
Buried	Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery Lexington, Virginia, U.S.
Allegiance	United States of America (1846–1851) Confederate States of America(1861–1863)
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Battles/wars	Mexican–American War American Civil War
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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederategeneral during the American Civil War, and the best-known Confederate commander after General Robert E.

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