Stonewall Jackson
One of the first American victims of friendly fire.
At Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863 Jackson was accidentally shot by his own men.
His wounds they were healing he died of phenomena days later.
He had his right arm amputated.
Known as a brilliant tactician and one of the Confederacy's ablest commanders.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia.
He married twice: in 1853, he married Elinor Junkin. In 1857, he married Mary Anna Morrison.
Jackson graduated from West Point in 1846.
He served in the Mexican war in the artillery.
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