Biennial report of the Department of Archives and History of the State of West Virginia . STATUE OF THOMAS JONATHAN (STONEWALL) JACKSON, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL OF THE C. S. A. It was designed and executed by Sir Moses Ezekiel, at Rome, Italy. The granitebase is from, the quarries at Richmond, Virginia ; the marble used in connection there-with, is from quarries at Genoa; the bronze statue was shipped from Rome toBaltimore, and thence conveyed to Charleston where it arrived August 31 1910 Itwas speedily put in place, and unveiled on the 27th of September ensuing It waserected under the auspices of
Biennial report of the Department of Archives and History of the State of West Virginia . STATUE OF THOMAS JONATHAN (STONEWALL) JACKSON, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL OF THE C. S. A. It was designed and executed by Sir Moses Ezekiel, at Rome, Italy. The granitebase is from, the quarries at Richmond, Virginia ; the marble used in connection there-with, is from quarries at Genoa; the bronze statue was shipped from Rome toBaltimore, and thence conveyed to Charleston where it arrived August 31 1910 Itwas speedily put in place, and unveiled on the 27th of September ensuing It waserected under the auspices of the Charleston Chapter No. 151, of the United Dau<*hWsof the Confederacy. APPENDIX III THE STATUE OF THOMAS JONATHAN STONEWALL JACKSON. Biographical Sketch—Erection of the Statue on the StateHouse Grounds—Its Dedication and Unveiling. Among the passengers on board a ship lying at the wharf atLondon in 1748, bnt bound for America, was a young man, JohnJackson, twenty-three years of age, whose home had been in one ofthe parishes near that city. In time he arrived in Maryland, and
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