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Jackson was born to a poor family
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He enrolled in the NY U.S Military Academy
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He fought the Mexican-American War under General Winfield Scott
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Jackson retired from the military and became a professor at the Virginia Military Institute
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Stonewall met his future wife, Eleanor Junkin
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He served as Virginia military officer under Jhon Brown
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he fought in the Battle of Chancellorsville and defeated General Jhon Hooker
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He died
