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Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!
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
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Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
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