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From the Wilderness, the Blue Ridge in the Distance
Part of the Blue Ridge is visible as a hazy purple smudge just above the treeline in the center of the photo. Just beyond its cross-the-T intersection with Brock Road, Route 3 west begins a gentle...
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“What If Jackson had Survived His Wounding?”
I get the question all the time: “What if Stonewall Jackson hadn’t been shot?” When people ask that question, what they really want to know is “What would he have done at Gettysburg?” My answer is...
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“If Jackson hadn’t gotten shot”: Why There’s No Point in Refighting Gettysburg
“That old house witnessed the downfall of the Southern Confederacy,” said former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George after visiting the Stonewall Jackson Shrine in 1923. “No doubt the history of...
View ArticleA Video Tour of Jackson’s Flank March
I had initially planned to hike the route of Jackson’s flank march today (May 2) to commemorate its 157th anniversary. I ended up taking my camera instead so that I could–at least virtually–take you on...
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A Stonewall Jackson “What If” I’d Never Heard Before
During a Q&A with the Franklin Civil War Roundtable last month, someone asked me a question about Stonewall Jackson that no one had ever asked me before. My presentation had been on “The Last days...
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