Stonewall Jackson

By ccavender

  • Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

  • Congress declares War on Mexico

    Congress declares War on Mexico

  • Battle of Contreras and Churubusco

  • Battle of Mexico City

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican- American War

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican- American War

  • Stonewall Jackson Teaches at VMI

    Stonewall Jackson Teaches at VMI

  • Ostend Manifesto

    Three American ministers urge America to seize Cuba militarily if Spain refuses to sell the island. Northerners think this will extend slave labor.

  • Dixie is first Composed

    Dixie is first Composed
    Daniel Decatur Emmett, a Yankee from Ohio, composes Dixie for a New York minstrel show.

  • Lincoln wins the Election

    Lincoln wins the Election

  • Sucession of South Carolina from the Union

    Sucession of South Carolina from the Union
    South Carolina votes 169-0 to secede from the Union

  • Abraham Lincoln orders a blockade of the Confederate ports

  • First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run

  • Union Forces capture Port Royal Island

  • Merrimack vs. Monitor Ironclads Battle at Hampton Roads

  • Jackson's only Defeat at Kernstown

  • Admiral David G. Faragut captures New Orleans for the Union

  • Second Manassas/Bull Run

  • Battle of Antietam

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Stonewall Jackson dies from pneumonia after being shot by friendly fire after the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville.

    Stonewall Jackson dies from pneumonia after being shot by friendly fire after the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville.