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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 taught a Sunday school to blacks and freed slaves how to read the [[Bible]], in defiance of [[Virginia]] law.<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>

Jackson taught Sunday school to blacks and freed slaves how to read the [[Bible]], in defiance of [[Virginia]] law.<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>

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.