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Stonewall Jackson

1824 - 1863

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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general and military officer who served during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the eastern theater of the war until his death. Military historians regard him as one of the most gifted tactical commanders in U.S. history. Born in what was then part of Virginia (now in West Virginia), Jackson received an appointment to the United States Military Academy, graduating in the class of 1846. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stonewall Jackson is the 45th most popular military personnel (up from 518th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,493rd in 2019) and the most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Stonewall Jackson ranks 45 out of 2,058. Before him are Arminius, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Tariq ibn Ziyad, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and Guan Yu. After him are Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Alfred Jodl, Douglas MacArthur, Hiroo Onoda, and Seleucus I Nicator.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Stonewall Jackson ranks 6. Before him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Bedřich Smetana, Alexandre Dumas fils, Anton Bruckner, and Gustav Kirchhoff. After him are Jean-Léon Gérôme, Maria Alexandrovna, Eugène Boudin, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Paul Broca, and Dayananda Saraswati. Among people deceased in 1863, Stonewall Jackson ranks 2. Before him is Eugène Delacroix. After him are Jacob Grimm, Dost Mohammad Khan, Frederick VII of Denmark, William Makepeace Thackeray, Sa'id of Egypt, Horace Vernet, Jakob Steiner, Alfred de Vigny, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stonewall Jackson ranks 181 out of 20,380. Before him are John Fenn (1917), Priscilla Presley (1945), Edwin Hubble (1889), Vin Diesel (1967), Margaret Brown (1867), and Debbie Harry (1945). After him are Tom Selleck (1945), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Bobby Fischer (1943), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), Phineas Gage (1823), and Judy Garland (1922).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Stonewall Jackson ranks 1. After him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George S. Patton (1885), Robert E. Lee (1807), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Robert Peary (1856), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), and William Halsey Jr. (1882).

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