::even his enemies, the Union Army, were in complete awe of him. For example, at the First Battle of Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run) in July of 1861, Jackson charged to thwart an assault by the Union Army. Union General Barnard E. Bee, unable to break Jackson's line, declared that "there is Jackson standing like a stone wall," which gave Jackson his nickname "stonewall".<ref>https://www.biography.com/military-figure/stonewall-jackson</ref> | ::even his enemies, the Union Army, were in complete awe of him. For example, at the First Battle of Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run) in July of 1861, Jackson charged to thwart an assault by the Union Army. Union General Barnard E. Bee, unable to break Jackson's line, declared that "there is Jackson standing like a stone wall," which gave Jackson his nickname "stonewall".<ref>https://www.biography.com/military-figure/stonewall-jackson</ref> |