Product Description

He earned his nickname for bravery at Bull Run. He met his fate in a tragic accident at Chancellorsville.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #80898 in DVD
• Brand: A&E
• Released on: 2005-09-27
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 50 minutes

Customer Reviews

Superb Video Biography!!
In this A&E Biography,one of the most celebrated generals of the Civil War,Clarksburg West Virginia(then Virginia)native Stonewall Jackson was retired when the war began.He enlisted in the Confederate cause and rose rapidly to Brigadier General on the strength of his prior experience and brilliant tactical skill.He eaned his nickname Stonewall,his real name was Thomas J.,during the battle of Bull Run-while Confederate troopsaround him wavered,Jackson's men held firm,"like a stone wall".At the battle of Chancellorville,Jackson's genius circling move behind the larger Union Army led to a Confederate victory.Tragically,upon returning from an observation point,his detachment was mistaken for Union Calvary and fired upon.Jackson died from his wounds eight days later,had he lived, the Civil War may have been greatly prolonged and possibly ended as a stalemate instead of Victory for the Union side.This is a superb A&E Video Biograpy about one of the great men,General Stonewall J. Jackson of America's greatest and tragic conflict,the Civil War.Also,highly recommended is the critically acclaimed movie"Gods and Generals"which is based on the rise and fall of General Stonewall Jackson.

Stonewall Jackson
Interesting background on historical and psychological profile of this important Confederate general. I wish it was longer and deeper in content.

Stonewall
This is a man for had he not been killed by friendly fire the South would have gained in independence.Now i an not saying the south could have beaten the north Military but by 1864 the north was tired of loosing men and material to a war that was at the time going nowhere.This is a man in the spring of 1962 defeated three union army's a number of about 80,000 thousand men. Jackson with a force of men that never numbered more than 17,000 cleared them out of the Shenandoah Vally in one month.Had he been at Gettysburg There would have been no way that he would not attacked cemetery hill and had it in the the south's hands before darkness.With the high ground now in the south's hands the union army would have no choice but to retreat.Who is to say after that what would have happened.I no what every body will say it didn't happen,and they are right.