Stonewall Jackson traces Thomas J. Jackson’s career from the Mexican-American War and teaching at the Virginia Military Institute to his rise as one of the Confederacy’s most successful field commanders. It explains how his stand at First Bull Run produced the nickname that became central to his reputation.
The biography follows the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. It concludes with Jackson’s wounding by his own men and death, while assessing the strengths, costs and later mythology of his demanding style of command.
