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Stonewall Jackson

He was considered the confederates best and most tactical General behind Robert E Lee. He was accidently shot by his own soldiers at Chancelorsville in 1863 and would have his arm amputated. He would survive the surgery but died 8 days later of pneumonia. People considered this the biggest blow to the confederation to that point. It killed the moral of his soldiers and many of the southern supporters. He is Buried in Lexington, Va in a national cemetery that bares his name.

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Uploaded on June 24, 2009
Taken on June 24, 2009