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==Early military career==

==Early military career==

He joined his new regiment, the First Artillery, in Mexico, where the United States was engaged in war. Here he would distinguish himself at Veracruz, serving with the most advanced batteries while constantly under Mexican fire; he would earn promotion to first lieutenant for “gallant and meritorious conduct.”  Then he had heard that fellow officer John B. Magruder was in command of a captured enemy battery, and was looking for officers.  Knowing Magruder would soon be involved in battle, Jackson pushed to join him, and became involved in the thick of the fighting at Churubusco.  He would leave the war as a brevet major, amid public praise by General Winfield Scott.  It was in Mexico that Jackson learned qualities that he would take advantage of in the coming Civil War, abilities which would help make him famous: resourcefulness, a clear mind when the enemy fire was at its hottest, and sheer bravery (TL 6, pg. 25).

He joined his new regiment, the First Artillery, in Mexico, where the United States was engaged in war. Here he would distinguish himself at Veracruz, serving with the most advanced batteries while constantly under Mexican fire; he would earn promotion to first lieutenant for “gallant and meritorious conduct.”  Then he had heard that fellow officer John B. Magruder was in command of a captured enemy battery, and was looking for officers.  Knowing Magruder would soon be involved in battle, Jackson pushed to join him, and became involved in the thick of the fighting at Churubusco.  He would leave the war as a brevet major, amid public praise by General Winfield Scott.  It was in Mexico that Jackson learned qualities that he would take advantage of in the coming Civil War, abilities which would help make him famous: resourcefulness, a clear mind when the enemy fire was at its hottest, and sheer bravery (TL 6, pg. 25).