Jackson, General "Stonewall"

Gen. Barnard E. Bee, a Texan, gave him the famous sobriquet in first Battle of Manassas. Jackson was rallying his men for a charge as other units retreated. Bee, seeing him cried to his men, "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer." In Battles of Gaines Mill and Malvern Hill, Hood's famous Texas Brigade fought under his command. After Gaines Mill when Jackson saw the strong Union fortified position which the Texans had overrun, he - not known to give praise-said, "The men that took this position were soldiers indeed." Texas in the Civil War Texas made an all-out effort for the Confederacy after a 3 to 1 popular vote for secession. 90,000 troops, famed for mobility and daring, fought on every battlefront. A 2,000-mile frontier and coast were successfully defended from Union troop invasion and savage Indians. Texas was the storehouse of Western Confederacy. Wagon trains laden with cotton - life blood of the South - crossed the state to Mexico to trade for medical supplies, clothing, military supplies. State and private industry produced guns, ammunition, wagons, pots, kettles, leather goods, salt, hospital supplies. Wives, sons, daughters, slaves provided corn, cotton, cattle, hogs, cured meats to the Army, giving much, keeping little for themselves. Erected by The State of Texas 1963.

Jackson, General "Stonewall" is a historical marker in Aspermont, Stonewall County. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Stonewall County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 8 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.1402, -100.2280 near Aspermont. The nearest cataloged historic site is Stonewall County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Aspermont, Site of the Courthouse at Rayner, and Rath City.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5433001086. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.