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The effort to erect a monument at the site of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's mortal wounding began in February 1887, when Fredericksburg newspaper editor Rufus Merchant founded the Stonewall Jackson Monument Association. On June 13, 1888, a crowd of more than 5,000 spectators attended dedication ceremonies there. Guests included former Confederate cavalry general Governor Fitzhugh Lee, whose vigilant scouting activities during the Battle of Chancellorsville contributed to Jackson's success. Before construction, Jackson's former staff officers Beverly Tucker Lacy and James Power Smith, assisted by Lacy's brother J. Horace of nearby Ellwood Plantation, transported the large quartz boulder to the wounding site.
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