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Definition of Thomas J. Jackson
1. Noun. General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863).
Generic synonyms: Full General, General
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thomas J. Jackson
Literary usage of Thomas J. Jackson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1893)
"April 27, Urging the appointment of Major Thomas J. Jackson for the chief Richmond , .
x, ,,. ". . command in Northwestern Virginia. ..."
2. American History: For Use in Secondary Schools by Roscoe Lewis Ashley (1907)
"Lee turned aside from his march into central Pennsylvania in order to meet Meade
marching rapidly from Washington. Thomas J. Jackson ..."
3. Heroes of the Army in America by Charles Morris (1919)
"Thomas J. Jackson, THE STONE WALL OF THE CONFEDERACY THERE was no great amount
of piety among the generals of the Civil War. They were engaged in a business ..."
4. Ceremonies Connected with the Inauguration of the Mausoleum and the by Lee Memorial Association, William Allan, John Warwick Daniel (1883)
"... and from Manassas to Appomattox, under Joseph E. Johnston, and Thomas J.
Jackson, and Robert E. Lee, the boys and the men of Washington College proved ..."
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