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Originally called Mt. Pleasant, Mount Jackson was renamed in 1826 for Andrew Jackson, who became president in 1828. In 1861, a Confederate hospital with 500 beds was built there, and a Confederate cemetery was established nearby.
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Woodstock, Virginia · United States
