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The site where Lt. General Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall) died on May 10, 1863. With his death Stonewall would be transformed from a Confederate hero into an American icon.
Stonewall was mortally wounded from shots fired by his own troops.
The American Civil War was the deadliest war in American History, it killed an estimated 360,222 union and over 258,000 confederate soldiers. That's almost 620.000 people that died.
Monument Avenue is one of the main thoroughfares in Richmond, Virginia. I got this shot while enroute
to Richmond's Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden with my flickr contact John H. Bowman on April 21, 2012. This monument to the Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson is one of several along the avenue that honors people prominent in Virginia history.
Considered the most talented Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee, Jackson (Jan. 21, 1824 - May 10, 1863) was wounded by friendly fire in the battle of Chancellorsville and died eight days later of pneumonia at Guinea Station, south of Fredericksburg.
********IN AN EFFORT TO SANITIZE HISTORY, THIS AND THE OTHER STATUES ALONG MONUMENT AVENUE HAVE BEEN REMOVED*********
Lieutenant General "Stonewall" Jackson's full name was Thomas Jonathan Jackson. Jackson was given the nickname for bravery at the first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), "standing like a stone wall." General Jackson was instrumental in the Confederate victories at Second Manassas, Antietem, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Jackson died at age 39, as a result of "friendly fire" at Chancellorsville in 1863, after some of his own men mistook him in the darkness and shot him. His monument was unveiled on Oct. 11, 1919 sitting at the corner of Monument Avenue and the Boulevard. His statue faces North with Jackson sitting on his horse holding his reigns in his left hand and his hat in his right.
********IN AN EFFORT TO SANITIZE HISTORY, THIS AND THE OTHER STATUES ALONG MONUMENT AVENUE HAVE BEEN REMOVED*********
Lieutenant General "Stonewall" Jackson's full name was Thomas Jonathan Jackson. Jackson was given the nickname for bravery at the first Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), "standing like a stone wall." General Jackson was instrumental in the Confederate victories at Second Manassas, Antietem, and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Jackson died at age 39, as a result of "friendly fire" at Chancellorsville in 1863, after some of his own men mistook him in the darkness and shot him. His monument was unveiled on Oct. 11, 1919 sitting at the corner of Monument Avenue and the Boulevard. His statue faces North with Jackson sitting on his horse holding his reigns in his left hand and his hat in his right
Before departing from my visit with flickr contact John H. Bowman on April 24, 2012 , we took a quick
tour around Richmond's Capitol Square, quite close to the Main Street Station where I would board
the train for my trip home.
This monument to the Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) is on the
north side of Capitol Square. Considered the most talented Confederate commander after General
Robert E. Lee, Jackson was wounded by friendly fire in the battle of Chancellorsville and died eight
days later of pneumonia at Guinea Station, south of Fredericksburg (see adjoining photo in my photostream).
The Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery began as the burial ground for the old Lexington Presbyterian Church in 1789. General Stonewall Jackson, 144 Confederate veterens, two Virginia govenors, John Letcher and James McDowell, and Margaret Junkin Preston, the Civil War Poet Laureate of the South are buried in the cemetery.
Taken from Wikipedia: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School was established by an act of the state legislature in 1907 and opened in 1909 as the first juvenile detention facility in North Carolina. Due to the school's pioneering status and the quality of several of its early buildings, the Stonewall Jackson Training School Historic District has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Established to provide a place for troubled youths separate from adult prisoners, it was considered a progressive institution in its day. Its founding was the result of twenty years of organizing by women's groups in North Carolina, lobbying for construction of a reformatory for boys as part of prison reform. Boys were generally incarcerated for relatively minor scrapes with the law, including school truancy.
In 1948 as part of continuing statewide efforts to limit "feeblemindedness" and improve the population, the Stonewall Jackson Training School was the site of sterilization by vasectomy of six teenage white males, in operations authorized by the state Eugenics Board (a shameful and often hidden part of American history).
At its peak the facility held about 500 youths. At times there were inhumane conditions in which youths were attacked and raped by other inmates. Prison activist Russell Smith stated he suffered such attacks there when imprisoned in the 1960s from age 13-15. As an adult (and after time in state and federal prisons), Smith became an activist against prison violence, founding both the "National Gay Prisoner Coalition" (NGPC) and in 1980 People Organized to Stop Rape of Imprisoned Persons (POSRIP).
In the 1970s, ideas about treating youths changed, and they were seldom incarcerated for offenses as minor as delinquency. The state reduced the population at the facility. Now called the Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Facility, it is used for serious offenders involved in drug abuse and weapons-related charges. About 150 young men are generally held here. Sixty acres of the facility are enclosed by a 15-foot-high fence.
In 1999, a fifteen-year battle between the school’s administrators and history buffs over several of the institution’s buildings ended. School administrators agreed to help preserve some of the oldest campus buildings if allowed to demolish other derelict buildings on the property.
This picture shows the main admin building awaiting funds for restoration. A creepy place. Through the windows you can see an old piano and school chairs as they have sat since this part of the school was closed.
Stonewall Peak in Cuyamaca State Park, California
This is a favorite and moderate hike with an outstanding view once you get to the top of the mountian!
Dawn, Stonewall Jackson Lake, Stonewall Resort, Near Roanoke, West Virginia; the Stonewall Resort is a real gem (Four Diamond Rated).
Congressman Nadler, Secretary Jewell, NPS Director Jarvis, NPCA CEO Theresa Pierno pose with unveiling of Stonewall National Monument NPS sign
Photo Credit: NPCA
New York, N.Y. – After more than two years of building strong public support in the community, across the nation and in Congress, National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) celebrates President Obama’s historic designation of Stonewall National Monument, the first national park site dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) history. To coincide with national LGBT Pride Month, and just a few days before the 47th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, President Obama today officially designated the area surrounding Stonewall Inn and Christopher Park in New York City’s Greenwich Village as our 412th national park site.
NEW YORK - JUNE 26: People celebrate outside the Stonewall Inn after the U.S. Supreme court same-sex marriage ruling in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 26, 2015
National Park Service Rangers participated in the New York City Pride March celebrating the designation of Stonewall National Monument.
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Since 1828, a small, unassuming building currently known as the Jackson Death Site has stood ten miles south of the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The building was once part of Fairfield, also known as the Chandler Plantation or Guinea Station. Other buildings that once stood within the vicinity of the Jackson Death Site included the farm home, outhouses, a smokehouse, and barns. Built not as a residence but as the farm's office, this building had no fixed purpose like most of the structures around it. Instead, the farm office was used for whatever the inhabitants needed at the time: that could mean simple storage or indoor workspace or file keeping. The farm complex was owned by John Thorton and later the Chandler family. After General Jackson's arm was amputated he was moved here for transport by train to Richmond. During that time he would develop pneumonia and become to ill to travel. He would die here turning this farm into a shrine to forever remember a great general and man.