“Stonewall” Jackson’s Arm

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 ...

Camden / Jackson Township

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Camden

When the School Section, No. 16, was sold in 1832 Wm. Crooks, School Commissioner, reserved 16 acres and had a town site laid out by John Armstrong, Co. Surveyor. Col. Crooks (1787 - 1861) (War of 1812) kept the ...

Arm of Stonewall Jackson

Arm of

Stonewall Jackson

May 3, 1863

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Marker can be reached from Constitution Highway (State Highway 20), on the right when traveling west.

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Site of First Jackson County North Carolina Courts

Site of Daniel Bryson Sr. and Artic Virginia Dillard Brysons' home, where on March 21, 1853 the first court of Jackson County, N.C. was held, and on March 23, 1853 the county government was formed-the structure was razed in 1956

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Jackson's Brigade

Withers' Division - Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Jackson's (3d) Brigade,

17th Ala., 18th Ala., 19th Ala., 2d Texas,

Girardey's Georgia Battery,

Withers' (2d) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This Brigade, with its regiments in order from left to right as above, its battery in center, became ...

Jackson's Impact

Around you is tangible and dramatic evidence of the impact "Stonewall" Jackson's flank attack had on the Union army. The artillery emplacements (lunettes) in front of you were constructed at a fairly leisurely rate on May 1 and 2, 1863. ...

Jackson's Flank March

Shortly after 8 a.m., May 2, "Stonewall" Jackson's corps marched down the hill behind you and passed Catharine Furnace, bound for the Union Army's right flank. When the Federals spotted Jackson's column, they assumed the Confederates were retreating and sent ...

Jackson on the Move

About 10 a.m. on May 2, 1863, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's flanking column approached this then-cleared ridge on the Furnace Road. Union infantrymen perched in trees at Hazel Grove, three-quarters of a mile to the northwest, spotted the ...

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.

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Wounding of Jackson

Just 1.7 miles west, on this road (then the Orange Plank Road), Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by "friendly fire" about 9:30 P.M. on 2 May 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville. Having brilliantly executed a flanking ...