Taking the Measure of Stonewall Jackson_ Could He Have Replaced Robert E_ Lee_
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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In his 1898 study, "Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War," biographer George Francis Robert Henderson traced Jackson's history from West Point to Chancellorsville. At the conclusion, he offered an evaluation of the man and the soldier.
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