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I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.
Stonewall Jackson
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Stonewall Jackson
Age: 39 †
Born: 1824
Born: January 21
Died: 1863
Died: May 10
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
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