After completing a tour of duty in the Army of Occupation in Mexico, he became a professor of natural and experiential philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute, and commanded the VMI cadets at John Brown's hanging in Charles Town.
After completing a tour of duty in the Army of Occupation in Mexico, he became a professor of natural and experiential philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute, and commanded the VMI cadets at John Brown's hanging in Charles Town. He led a brigade into action at Falling Waters in May of 1861 and was assigned to the Army of the Shenandoah. FTP, name this Confederate, who died a lieutenant general while commanding troops against Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville.
After completing a tour of duty in the Army of Occupation in Mexico, he became a professor of natural and experiential philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute, and commanded the VMI cadets at John Brown's hanging in Charles Town.
{T}homas (or {Stonewall}) {Jackson}