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Despite having little in the way of a formal education while growing up (he had the equivalent of a fourth grade education), he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1842. Although his start was slow, he made up for it by intense study, often reading his books by the dim light of the coal fire long after his classmates were asleep; he was able to significantly improve his class standing, and was 17th in his class of 59 by the time he graduated in 1846 (TL 6, pg. 25).
Despite having little in the way of a formal education while growing up (he had the equivalent of a fourth grade education), he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1842. Although his start was slow, he made up for it by intense study, often reading his books by the dim light of the coal fire long after his classmates were asleep; he was able to significantly improve his class standing, and was 17th in his class of 59 by the time he graduated in 1846 (TL 6, pg. 25).
Defying Virginia law, he taught a Sunday school to blacks and freed slaves how to read the Bible.<ref>https://www.bardofthesouth.com/stonewall-jacksons-black-sunday-school/</ref><ref>https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-stonewall-jacksons-sunday-school</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/may/5/20060505-083815-2779r/</ref><ref>https://heavy.com/news/2017/08/stonewall-jackson-slavery-slaves-did-own-monument-family-black-sunday-school-descendants-jack-warren-christian/</ref>
==Early military career==
==Early military career==