In May 1863 he was promoted to brigadier general and became, by Jackson’s direct command on his deathbed (“I do not know a braver officer”), the Stonewall Brigade’s last commanding officer.

Lee-Jackson Day was a soft holiday in the state of Virginia, and if you grew up in the D. C. suburbs, chances are it was just like any other school day. But, it was still a state holiday that ...

Mr. Robertson talked about his biography [Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend], published by Simon and Schuster. The biography of the famous Confederate General examines his early ...

Putting the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson back on Virginia schools is reminder of how politically powerful those Confederate figures are (and have been for generations) in that ...