Jackson was born in Clarksburg Virginia in 1827. After age 2 was an orphan moving all over, being passed on from family member to family member. although young Stonewall Jackson lived with family, "...they did not provide for his emotional health. (McMurry)". Prior to age twelve, he had already faced the "...death of his father, mother and infant sister, and his stepfather, while at the same time being separated from two younger siblings. (McMurry)". A young man in his position has two places to go, up or down. Never a child, and rarely experiencing childhood, Jackson decided to follow a path of success and never looked back. With his sol

Eventually, Jackson found God and his religious faith, and his life returned to some degree of normalcy. The devastating events in his past would prepare him for what he was about to face in the war to come.

"Next to Robert E Lee himself, Thomas Jackson is the more revered of all confederate commanders."Because of his great personal integrity, strong faith, and brilliant militay strategies, General Thomas Jackson influenced the civil war greatly. He could have had a major impact on the outcome of the war if he could have survived the mortal wounds inflicted by his men in a crossfire. But we will never know, and that will be the greates mystery of all time.

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