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SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. – The National Park Service, responding to the interest of Civil War buffs, is making it easier to find the spot where Stonewall Jackson’s arm is buried. Visitors now walk a ...
"Remembering that Jackson was the rock star of 1863 — everybody knew who Stonewall was, and to have his arm just simply thrown on the scrap pile with the other arms, Rev. Lacy couldn't let that ...
Incidentally, Jackson’s left arm was rescued from a pile of ... Holmes got part of the tree that was over Stonewall Jackson’s original grave. He carved a walking cane, which passed down ...
Stonewall Jackson when recently visiting the grave of his left arm buried in the family cemetery at historic Ellwood on the Wilderness Battlefield in Orange County — as portrayed on a recent ...
Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was shot by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and died 8 days later on May 10, 1863, in an outbuilding on a farm called Fairfield.
“Stonewall” Jackson carried ... When they returned, they were mistaken for enemy troops. Jackson was wounded in three places, including his left arm. In carrying him, soldiers dropped him ...
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