Chapter Page I. [An Orphan Boy.] 9 II. [A Cadet.] 25 III. [A Major of Artillery.] 33 IV. [A Professor.] 43 V. [A Confederate Colonel.] 78 VI. [A Brigadier-General.] 98 VII. [A Major-General.] 119 VIII. [A Major-General. (continued.)] 175 IX. [A Lieutenant-General.] 194 X. [Upon the Roll of Fame.] 225
Life of Gen. T. J. Jackson.
CHAPTER I.
An Orphan Boy.
Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born January 21, 1824, at Clarksburg, West Virginia, which state was then a part of old Virginia. He sprang from Scotch-Irish stock. His great-grandfather, John Jackson, was born in Ireland, but his parents moved to the city of London when John was only two years old. John Jackson grew up to be a great trader. In 1748 he came to the New World to make his fortune, and landed in the State of Maryland. Not long after, he married Elizabeth Cummins, a young woman who was noted for her good looks, fine mind, and great height.
House in which Jackson was Born, Clarksburg, Va.
John Jackson with his wife soon moved West, and at last took up lands in what is now known as Upshur county, West Virginia. As land was then cheap, he soon owned a large tract of country, and was a rich man for those times. He was greatly aided by his brave wife, Elizabeth. In those days the Indians still made war upon the whites, who would flee for safety into the forts or strongholds. It is said that in more than one of those Indian raids Elizabeth Jackson aided in driving off the foe.
Father of “Stonewall” Jackson.