Stonewall jackson

Stonewall Jackson

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  • Birth

    Thomas Jonathan Jackson is born.

  • Military beginning

    He gets accepted into west-point military academy.

  • His first battle.

    His first battle was the Mexican-American war.

  • Accepts a job at the Virginia Military Institute.

    He gets a job in a new technological program at the Virginia Military Institute.

  • Promoted to Brigadier General

  • He leads his troops into battle at Bull Run.

  • Wins the battle of Kernstown.

  • This is the battle he wins right before he dies.(Chancellorsville)

  • Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson dies.

    He dies on May 10th 1863. He gets shot by Union soldiers because they were mistaken for confederates on their way back to base after winning the battle of Chancellorsville.