Thomas J Jackson was born on 21 January 1824 at Clarksburg, (West) Virginia, US and a graduate of west point on 1846, he also was a famous confederate general and a professor at Virginia Military Institute. He also was the first commanding 1st brigade, army of the Shenandoah. During the fight he earned his nick-name "stonewall". During the Mexican war he also earned "Tom fool Jackson" and "old blue light" as nick-names. While the outbreak of the civil …showed first 75 words of 414 total…

…showed last 75 words of 414 total…spire his troops and people to be religious and he also spire wounded soldiers not to give up and fight. Thomas Jackson was a hero to some people by winning and surviving battles through the civil war and get to what he wanted to accomplish . Thomas Jonathan Jackson was a important man on the civil war who died eight Days after he was wounded on may 10,1863 from pneumonia and he was buried on Lexington Virginia