rginia. The following spring, they were attacked on the rear columns of the Union army. Jackson tried as hard as he could to prevent the threatened encirclement of the Confederate forced by the troops of General Joseph Hooker. On May 2, 1863, while leading his forced at the Chancellorsville, Jackson was accidentally shot and killed by his own men. Today, there are still many memorials on "Stonewall" Jackson. Today, many people think of Jackson as one of the best Generals there ever was. I, personally, think out of all the research that I did, that he is the most interesting General who served to our people and helped us to be victorious in most US activities we participated in.Family life:Stonewall Jackson was born as the third child in his family. His parents were Julia Beckwith Neale Jackson and his farther was Jonathan Jackson. Both his parents died in poverty while he was still young. He was raised by an uncle, Cummins Jacksons for the remainder of his childhood life. As a young adult, Thomas remembered his late father by taking Jonathan as his middle name. He got married to Anna, who traveled from her parents home in North Carolina for him to see their 5 month old daughter, Julia, for the first time. Jackson was very happy to have a child. He has been orphaned at the age of 7, and spent his youth traveling all over Virginia, living with relatives and wishing he could finally have a place to call "home." They obviously named his daughter Julia after her late grandmother. The Jackson family tried to live as normal as a life as possible. It was very hard for them although. They lived a hard life because many people knew who he was even when he dressed in incognito. He was also gone for a lot of Julia's child hood life, and she was raised mostly by his wife, Anna. ...
