... untimely death. Yet, if he were to have survived, and live to see the end of the war, the outcome may have been very different. 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 ... his graduation from West Point, he served in the Mexican War, carrying two brevets and rank of major. After his time in the Mexican war, Jackson accepted a professorship at the Virginia Military Institute. At the institute he taught cadets...

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