CSA General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson (Carte de Visite)

  

Homas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was born January 21, 1824 in Clarksburg, Virginia. He graduated from West Point in 1846 and began his career in the artillery as a brevet second lieutenant. In 1852, Jackson resigned his military commission and accepted a teaching position at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.

His style as a professor was controversial, but nonetheless invaluable, as VMI continues to use many of his philosophies today. At the beginning of the Civil War, Jackson accepted orders as a Colonel of Virginia militia and commanded a Confederate garrison at Harper's Ferry. Promoted to Brigadier General, Jackson led a brigade at the Battle of First Manassaswhere he earned the sobriquet Stonewall. In November 1861, Jackson was promoted to Major General and dispatched to the Shenandoah Valley.

Date of Birth - Death January 21, 1824- May 10, 1863. This CDV appears to be West Point period. From collection of CSA PVT.