(TS) Stonewall Jackson was a military strategist and confident leader in the Confederate Army. Stonewall is not his first name but he earned it thanks to his stern and impressive coordination of his men. Although he sided with the less favored side of the war, he is undoubtedly one of the best generals of the war. Unfortunately, he died because one of his men accidentally shot him. His life was filled with peril and success like everyone else and he died like everyone else. Jackson did not have the best childhood as his father and sister died of typhoid when he was only two years old. His mother was widowed before the age of thirty and was left with heavy debts, ultimately impoverishing their family. She later remarried and her husband doesn't like her children at all. This inevitably led to Thomas moving in with his uncle who worked in a sawmill. Sadly, he died just a few years after Thomas arrived. A few years later, he was accepted into West Point and graduated in 1846, beginning his military career. He entered the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 as a second lieutenant in the First Artillery Regiment. It was there that he first met Robert E. Lee. Throughout his tour, he was promoted to major, but he resigned to pursue a very different career. After the Mexican-American War, he accepted a teaching position at the Virginia Military Institute. Although some say his teaching was unorthodox, it is suggested that it came from his hard work and strict upbringing. However, he was unsuccessfully asked to leave his position as professor of philosophy. The Virginia Military Institute recently said that although Mr. Jackson's teaching style was undesirable and unappreciated at the time, his work is now of inestimable value to the institute. From 1851 to 1861, his life...... middle of paper ...... s against the unions 130,000. The plan was not to completely annihilate but to rout the enemy, put in confuses an enemy by dissuading them until they retreat. While Lee held the front lines, LTG Jackson circled the enemy's flanks with 28,000 troops, inflicting immense losses on the Union soldiers. Therefore, victory came at a cost. When he immediately reformed with the main force after their successful flank, Jackson was pinned down three times. by friendly fire and received medical treatment which resulted in the amputation of his left arm. When Lee heard this, he said:(1) “Jackson lost his left arm; I lost my left arm. Unfortunately, he died from a phenomenon ten days later on May 10, 1863. Since he was such an asset to the Confederacy, it fundamentally crippled their morale. This should be an example of how war can make or break whoever it pleases..