The world: historical and actual . e last daysof the his prominence wasprior to the war. Bornin Kentucky in 1821,he became Vice-Presi-dent of the UnitedStates in 1857. Hehad previously seenservice in the Mexicanwar. He was the reg-ular Democratic can-didate for the presidency hi 1860. He died at hishome in Kentucky in 1875. General J. T. Jackson, best known as Stone-wall Jackson, wasone of the most bril-liant soldiers of thewar. A native ofVirginia, and edu-cated at West Point,he received his prac-tical training in .Mex-ico. The war be-tween the statesfound him a profes-sor in
The world: historical and actual . e last daysof the his prominence wasprior to the war. Bornin Kentucky in 1821,he became Vice-Presi-dent of the UnitedStates in 1857. Hehad previously seenservice in the Mexicanwar. He was the reg-ular Democratic can-didate for the presidency hi 1860. He died at hishome in Kentucky in 1875. General J. T. Jackson, best known as Stone-wall Jackson, wasone of the most bril-liant soldiers of thewar. A native ofVirginia, and edu-cated at West Point,he received his prac-tical training in .Mex-ico. The war be-tween the statesfound him a profes-sor in a militaryschool in his ownstate. He enteredthe seivice at thewas in the field pre-cisely two years, falling at Chancellorsville May 2,1863. He was shot by a party of his own sol-diers, he and his staff being mistaken for theadvance-guard of Federal cavalry. He was theidol of the army, and his loss was mourned as agreat calamity. He was brilliant and dashing, know-ing neither fear nor fatigue. He was withal a verydevout j. t. (Stonewall) jackson. beginning of the war, and South Caro-
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