stonewall Jackson Brigade

By kiersten.knarr
  • The start

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    The 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 33rd Virginia regiments, along with an artillery battery are combined into Virginia's First Brigade and put under the command of General Thomas J. Jackson. The brigade soon known as the Stonewall Brigade, one of the most famous and accomplished units of its kind.

  • Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson suffers his first and only defeat of the Civil War at Kernstown

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    The Stonewall Brigade with command of General Charles Winder fught the Seven Days' Battles of Gaines's Mill and Malvern Hill and have great success.

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  • The first military executions for desertion in the Army of Northern Virginia include men of the Stonewall Brigade who are shot by firing squad under Thomas Jackson's orders.

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  • The Stonewall Brigade participates in the defeat of the Army at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

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    The Stonewall Brigade participates in a victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville. The battle is the bloodiest in the brigade's history, claiming the lives of both Elisha Paxton and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

  • After participating in the Gettysburg, Mine Run, and Wilderness campaigns, the Stonewall Brigade has fewer than 200 soldiers. After the Battle of Spotsylvania, the Stonewall Brigade disbands

  • The American Civil War ended. Of 6,000 men who had served in the Stonewall Brigade over the course of the war, only 210 were still living by the end.

    The American Civil War ended. Of 6,000 men who had served in the Stonewall Brigade over the course of the war, only 210 were still living by the end.