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Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!
Stonewall Jackson
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Stonewall Jackson
Age: 39 †
Born: 1824
Born: January 21
Died: 1863
Died: May 10
Military Commander
Military Leader
Slaveholder
Teacher
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
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