What nickname was given to General Thomas Jackson because of his stern defense at the battle of Bull Run?
Second Battle of Bull Run Virginia, it preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, and the Second Battle of Bull Run which was fought between August 28 and August 30, 1862 (also known as the First Battle of Manassas and the Second Battle of Manassas, respectively). The peaceful Virginia countryside bore witness to clashes between the armies of the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy), and it was there that Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson acquired his nickname "Stonewall." The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its
First Battle of Bull Run hundred each. Two Confederate brigade commanders, Jackson and Edmund Kirby-Smith, were wounded in the battle. Jackson was shot in the hand, so he remained on the battlefield. No Union officers above the regimental level were killed; two division commanders (Samuel Heintzelman and David Hunter), and one brigade commander (Orlando Willcox) were wounded. "Union casualties at the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861." "Union artillery lost in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861." "Confederate casualties at the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861." Union forces and civilians alike feared that Confederate forces would advance on Washington, D.C.,