| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Chancellorsville Campaign |
| | May 2, 1863. Jackson's two leading lines, battling the tangled undergrowth and the retreating Federal XI Corps, became disorganized. In this vicinity, Jackson halted his successful advance and ordered A.P. Hill's Division to the front. While the change was being made, Jackson rode out with his staff about 9 p.m. to reconnoiter the Federal position. Meeting A.P. Hill, he gave one of his last field commands: "Press them! Cut them off from the United States Ford, Hill! Press them!" A few minutes . . . — Map (db m3954) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — A Fatal Reconnaissance |
| | When "Stonewall" Jackson reached this point at about 9 p.m. on May 2, 1863, he stood at the peak of his military career. Four hundred yards in front of you, a shaken Union army hastily built earthworks to halt the Confederate tide. One hundred yards behind you, Jackson's troops formed along the Bullock Road for what Jackson hoped would be the final and climactic night attack against the faltering Federals. While the Confederates prepared, the general and a small group of attendants rode . . . — Map (db m3980) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Confederate Catastrophe |
| | Near this spot around 9:15 p.m. on the night of May 2, 1863, the Confederate cause suffered disaster. As "Stonewall" Jackson and his party returned from their reconnaissance down the Mountain Road, Confederate musketry erupted south of the Plank Road (Route 3). The scattered fire rippled northward, directly across Jackson's path. A Confederate officer yelled, "Cease firing! You are firing into your own men!" Through the darkness, a voice shouted back: "Who gave that order? It's a lie! Pour it . . . — Map (db m3978) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Memorializing Jackson's Death — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | Of his soldiers he was the idol; of his country he was the hope; of war he was the master. Senator John Warwick Daniel When General "Stonewall" Jackson died eight days after being wounded in these woods, shock waves rippled through the South. Confederates immediately memorialized him in in words. "A greater sense of loss and deeper grief never followed the death of mortal man," wrote one artilleryman. Few felt Jackson's loss more keenly than Robert E. Lee, who confessed "I know not how . . . — Map (db m19166) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Jackson |
| | (South Face): On this Spot fell mortally wounded Thomas J. Jackson Lt. Gen. C.S.A. May 2nd 1863 (East Face): There is Jackson standing like a stone wall Bee at Manassas. (North Face): Could I have directed events, I should have chosen for the good of the country to be disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory, which is due to your skill and energy! - R. E. Lee, General (West Face): Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. . . . — Map (db m3975) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — Jackson Monuments |
| | The effort to erect a monument at the site of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's mortal wounding began in February 1887, when Fredericksburg newspaper editor Rufus Merchant founded the Stonewall Jackson Monument Association. On June 13, 1888, a crowd of more than 5,000 spectators attended dedication ceremonies at the monument. Guests included the former Confederate cavalry general, Governor Fitzhugh Lee, whose vigilant scouting activities during the Battle of Chancellorsville contributed to Jackson's . . . — Map (db m3977) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Chancellorsville — J-37 — Jackson’s Amputation |
| | Near here stood the hospital tent to which the wounded "Stonewall" Jackson was brought during the Battle of Chancellorsville. In that tent his left arm was amputated on May 3, 1863. He died seven days later at Guinea. — Map (db m3515) |
| Virginia (Orange County), Locust Grove — Arm of Stonewall Jackson |
| | Arm of Stonewall Jackson May 3, 1863 ——— — Map (db m3846) |
| Virginia (Orange County), Locust Grove — “Stonewall” Jackson’s Arm — The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| | Here, in the Jones family cemetery, lie the remains of “Stonewall” Jackson’s left arm. The Confederate general lost the limb during the Battle of Chancellorsville, where he was mistakenly shot by his own troops. Surgeons removed the mangled appendage at the Wilderness Tavern field hospital, one-half mile to your left-rear, early May 3, 1863. Jackson’s chaplain, the Rev. B. Tucker Lacy, visited the hospital later that morning. As he was leaving Jackson’s tent, Lacy saw the general’s . . . — Map (db m3895) |
| Virginia (Spotsylvania County), Massaponax — Plantations on Guinea Station Road — Antebellum Homes |
| | Lee vs. Grant – The 1864 Campaign
Union troops took this road on May 21, 1864, as they left Spotsylvania and headed toward Guinea Station. One year earlier, “Stonewall” Jackson’s ambulance had used this same road to carry the wounded Confederate general from a field hospital in the Wilderness to Thomas Chandler’s home, Fairfield.
Many of the dwellings passed by Jackson and the Union army as they traveled to Guinea Station still exist. One of them, . . . — Map (db m3707) |
| Virginia (Caroline County), Guinea — A Staggering Blow |
| | We had confidence in him that knew no bounds...his loss was irreparable.
Wills Lee, Richmond Howitzers
News of Stonewall Jackson's death stunned the South. "A greater sense of loss and deeper grief never followed the death of mortal man," recorded one of Jackson's men. Union soldiers felt both joy and lament. "I rejoice at Stonewall Jackson's death as a gain to our cause," wrote Union Den. Gouverneur Warren, "yet in my soldier's heart I cannot but see him the best soldier of . . . — Map (db m3310) |
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