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memorial is in charlettville,West Virginia
It was during the Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War when Jackson assumed his nickname. after the battle they found him standing and General Robert E Lee said "There stands Jackson like a stone wall." that is how he got the nickname stonewall.
After the most complete preparations general Hooker advanced against Lee at Chancellorsville, who countervailed all the Federal general's plans by sending Jackson to find and crush his right flank, which movement was in the process of brilliant accomplishment when Jackson,who had passed his own lines to make a personal inspection of the situation, was fired upon and fatally wounded by a line of Confederates who unhappily mistook him and his escort for the enemy. The glory of the achievement which Lee and Jackson planned, fell upon General Stuart next day, who, succeeding Jackson in command, ordered that charge which became so ruinous to Hooker, with the thrilling watchword, "Rem

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