Stonewall Jackson, a Confederate general under Robert ... was sparked because President Abraham Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery in the southern states, which relied heavily on slaves for cotton ...

Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, (Stonewall Jackson.) London: 1865. The reverend author, a great admirer, and an intimate friend of JACKSON, a justifier of Slavery, of secession -- indeed everything that a ...

S.C. Gwynne's book Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson, came out in 2015 ... He was never a defender of slavery. Now, at some point, I mean, does he sound ...

So I was surprised to see a sign right off the interstate on Christmas Eve announcing a new location for Stonewall Jackson Memorial ... and how the legacy of slavery is all around us.

Stonewall Jackson — a former ... “We don’t think you should celebrate defenders of slavery.” Like other alumni campaigning against the Jackson statue, Carroll Foy says it should be carted ...

He is said to have acquired his nickname 'Stonewall ... Jackson is also a controversial figure. Like many Confederate leaders he held anti-abolitionist views that it was 'God's will' that ...