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Size | 40 items |
Abstract | Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate general. The collection includes typed transcriptions of chiefly military correspondence, 1861-1862, with a few prewar items and postwar letters received by Jackson's second wife, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson. The earliest items are letters, 1842, about Jackson's appointment to West Point. Military correspondence includes letters to J. P. Benjamin, 1861; from Robert E. Lee, 1862; and from Richard Stoddert Ewell, 1862, about troop movements in Virginia. Also included are a letter, 1861, from William Nelson Pendleton defending himself against charges of cowardice and letters about Jackson's charge of neglect of duty against A. P. Hill in 1862. |
Creator | Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863) was a Confederate general. Jackson was a graduate of West Point United States Military Academy; served with the United States Army in Mexico and at Fort Columbus and Fort Hamilton, N.Y., 1849-1851; and was a professor of natural philosophy and military tactics at Virginia Military Institute. During the Civil War, Jackson was an officer for the Confederacy and commanded troops at Harper's Ferry, Va.
Back to TopThe collection includes typed transcriptions of chiefly military correspondence of Stonewall Jackson, 1861-1862, with a few prewar items and postwar letters received by Jackson's second wife, Mary Anna Morrison Jackson. The earliest items are letters, 1842, about Jackson's appointment to West Point. Military correspondence includes letters to J. P. Benjamin, 1861; from Robert E. Lee, 1862; and from Richard Stoddert Ewell, 1862, about troop movements in Virginia. Also included are a letter, 1861, from William Nelson Pendleton defending himself against charges of cowardice and letters about Jackson's charge of neglect of duty against A. P. Hill in 1862. The collection also includes a printed autobiography entitled, Memoirs of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, by Anna Morrison Wilson.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Papers, 1842-1898Includes original finding aid. |
Folder 2 |
Additional copies of papers, 1842-1898 |