This brigade was comprised of the 2nd,4th,5th,27th and 33rd Virginia Regiments. It was the brigade commanded by Gen.Thomas"Stonewall" Jackson. It was eventually disbanded with the regiments being assigned to other brigades.
The brigade he commanded before being promoted to corps command was called the Stonewall Brigade, and his infantry later would be called Jackson's Foot Cavalry for their rapid marching.
It was the war's first pitched battle - Bull Run/Manassas. A Confederate General called Barnard Bee is known to have shouted "There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall!" Whether this was meant as a compliment, we don't know, as Bee was mortally wounded later in the day, and no-one got the chance to ask him. The popular interpretation is favourable, and it is claimed that Bee followed his remark with "Rally behind the Virginians!" The alternative version is that he was criticizing Jackson for not coming across to help Bee's own brigade, who were in trouble.
'Stonewall' was a nickname given to Thomas Stonewall Jackson.
The address of the Stonewall Historical Society is: Po Box 357, Stonewall, MS 39363-0357
They are a seperate Troop that works directly for the Brigade. They are Brigade Scouts as opposed to Battalion Scouts.
At the Battle of First Manassas he commanded a brigade, which after the battle was called the "Stonewall Brigade" for the duration of the war.
The brigade he commanded before being promoted to corps command was called the Stonewall Brigade, and his infantry later would be called Jackson's Foot Cavalry for their rapid marching.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson --- January 21, 1824 - May 10, 1863. Thomas Johnathon Jackson, the son of indentured servants shipped to America as the sentence handed down by an English judge. He got the Stonewall nickname as the commander of the Stonewall Brigade during the Civil War. This brigade never retreated but always stood as a "stone wall" in front of the Union Army.
The nickname "Stonewall" was given him after gen. Bernard Bee during the battle of first Bull Run, referring to the steady attitude of Jackson's brigade on the top of the Henry House Hill, more or less said: "Look at Jackson who's standing there like a stonewall".
General Thomas J. Jackson..He earned the nickname "Stonewall," when his brigade held back a Federal charge.
It was the war's first pitched battle - Bull Run/Manassas. A Confederate General called Barnard Bee is known to have shouted "There is Jackson, standing like a stone wall!" Whether this was meant as a compliment, we don't know, as Bee was mortally wounded later in the day, and no-one got the chance to ask him. The popular interpretation is favourable, and it is claimed that Bee followed his remark with "Rally behind the Virginians!" The alternative version is that he was criticizing Jackson for not coming across to help Bee's own brigade, who were in trouble.
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Civil War soldiers served about equally in numbers for both the Union and the Confederates. The 22nd Virginia Infantry CSA for example was commanded by George S. Patton of the WWII Patton genealogy and the 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was a part of the famous Stonewall Brigade. Stonewall Jackson himself was a West Virginian.
Jackson was nicknamed Stonewall from the words of Brigadier General Bee who called his unit to stand their ground when he spotted Jackson and his brigade reinforcing Henry House Hill. Jackson's brigade shared the nickname, becoming the Stonewall Brigade, a name they carried for the remainder of the war.While there is controversy over the meaning of Bee's words, whether he was trying to boost the morale of faltering troops with the image, or whether he was castigating Jackson for not coming to Bee's troops aid as was planned is not clear. Bee died within minutes of speaking the words, but Jackson's unit suffered more casualties than any other that day.
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'Stonewall' was a nickname given to Thomas Stonewall Jackson.
The address of the Stonewall Branch Library is: 808 Highway 171, Stonewall, 71078 9404