He is the biblical Joshua slaying the Amalekites in the Book of Exodus. Orphaned as a child, Jackson had grown to become like a zealous Old Testament warrior, biographers have said, leading an army of Christian soldiers in defense not necessarily of slavery, but of piety. “With impious hearts we inveighed against the will of God in the destruction of our idol,” Richmond memoirist Sally Putnam wrote. His death eight days later would cripple the Confederacy, and like Abraham Lincoln’s, would provide one of the most wrenching scenes of the Civil War.Īnd his funeral would become the largest public gathering in the South during the conflict. The battle would elevate the already-famous Jackson to mythical status and place him among the ranks of history’s best military leaders. Jackson’s forces would shortly sweep through woods, routing surprised Union soldiers at their dinner fires and culminating in a resounding victory that seemed to bring the South within reach of independence. “Stonewall” Jackson and the Confederate States of America stood at the pinnacle of triumph. Here, two miles from a crossroads mansion called Chancellorsville, which would give this battle its name, Gen. View Graphic The tide of war begins to turn in favor of the Union
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