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'''Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan Jackson''' was a United States Army officer who later joined the Confederate States Army and fought in the [[American Civil War]], where during the First Battle of Bull Run he earned his famous nickname '''"Stonewall"'''.  His battlefield tactics and maneuvers are still studied as part of military curriculum.

'''Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan Jackson''' was a United States Army officer who later joined the Confederate States Army and fought in the [[American Civil War]], where during the First Battle of Bull Run he earned his famous nickname '''"Stonewall"'''.  His battlefield tactics and maneuvers are still studied as part of military curriculum.

Jackson was America's finest general in the 19th century, while [[George Patton]] was the finest of the 20th century.  Jackson's brilliant and fearless battlefield maneuvers scored a series of victories over superior Union forces into May 1863, when Jackson met his untimely death from pneumonia after losing his left arm.  It was said that Jackson merely lost his left arm, but General [[Robert E. Lee]] lost his right arm with Jackson's demise.

Jackson was America's finest general in the 19th century, while [[George Patton]] was the finest of the 20th century.  Jackson's brilliant and fearless battlefield maneuvers scored a series of victories over superior Union forces into May 1863, when Jackson met his untimely death from pneumonia after losing his left arm.  It was said that Jackson merely lost his left arm, but General [[Robert E. Lee]] lost his right arm with Jackson's demise.

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).

==Early military career==

==Early military career==