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Definition of Thomas 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 Jackson
Literary usage of Thomas jackson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1832)
"By thomas jackson, Esq. 8vo. pp. 84. London: Longman & Co. 1832. As a matter of
curiosity, we should like to know the number of publications of every ..."
2. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the by Lyman Chalkley, Mary Smith Lockwood (1912)
"Proved in Amherst, 5th February, 1781. who, etc., do say that the aforesaid Thomas
Jackson was, in his lifetime, and the time of his death, seized, etc., ..."
3. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1897)
"Charles thomas jackson, the flrst.state geologist of Maine, Rhode Island, and
New Hampshire, was born in Plymouth, Mass., June 21st 1805, the son of Charles ..."
4. Publications. by Parish Register Society, London, London Parish Register Society, Deland Florida State Historical Society, Florida State Historical Society, Deland, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Reparations Commission, North Carolina Historical Commission, British-H (1900)
"thomas jackson & Elener Harnage ... mar. 1668, Oct. 12. ... Richard, s. of Elener
Jackson, wid., by thomas jackson late deceased ... bap. 1677, April 4. ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"thomas jackson, MA, is separately noticed. Jackson's stylo as a preacher was
simple and ... WBL JACKSON, THOMAS (1812-1886), divine, son of thomas jackson ..."
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