Thomas J Jackson was born on 21 January 1824 at Clarksburg, (West) Virginia, US and a graduate of west point on 1846, he also was a famous confederate general and a professor at Virginia Military Institute. He also was the first commanding 1st brigade, army of the Shenandoah. During the fight he earned his nick-name "stonewall". During the Mexican war he also earned "Tom fool Jackson" and "old blue light" as nick-names.
While the outbreak of the civil war he was assigned colonel in the Virginia force after being transmitted to Harpers Ferry where he was organizing the new armed forces.…
