Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Title: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Category: Literature / North American | Words: 638 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Thomas Jackson was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia on January 21, 1824. His whole name was Thomas Jonathon Jackson. Jackson was of Scottish-Irish descent. His dad, Jonathon Jackson, was an attorney, he lived from 1790-1826. His mom was Julia Beckwith, she lived from 1798-1831. "His parents were married in September 1817 and had four children: Elizabeth, Warren, Thomas, and Laura Ann"( Jackson 75 ). Out of all of the children, Thomas lived the longest. Jackson sailed to America from London on boat …showed first 75 words of 638 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 638 total…a place called the Chandler house when he died. The Chandler house burned down some point after the civil war.The chandlers recreated a room in memory of Jackson, using the same bed frame and one of the same blankets that he used. "They added a clock on the mantel with the hope that it would make the room look more homelike and cheerful, but furnishings could not dictate the mood of the room" (Lowe 3).

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