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General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson

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Julia Neale Jackson, visiting her father's home on this site on Jan. 21, 1824, gave birth to a son who became the Confederate hero "Stonewall" Jackson. At the first Battle of Bull Run, Gen. Bee cried, "there stands Jackson like a stone wall". The rally behind him brought a Confederate victory and immortalized his name.
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