STONEWALL JACKSON CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS THOMAS JONATIIAN JACKSON was born in the town of Clarksburg, Virginia (now 'Vest Virginia), on January 21, 1824. In th.at same year, Andrew Jackson, who won the famous victory ovcr the British army at New Orleans, "was brought forward as a candidate for the presidency of the United States; four years later (1828), he was elected to that high office. Did t,he same blood run in the veins of these two great leaders, known as "Old Hickory" (Jackson and" Stonewall" ~Jacksoll' To this (luestion a definite reply cannot be given. The most that can be said is that the ancestors of both men ouce lived in the saJne parish in the province of Ulster, in north Ireland. During" the reign ofJ{Jng ~Tames I, and afterward, this province was filled with colonists, most of WhOllt came from the Lowlands of Scotland. In all probability, therefore, the Jacksons were Scots w 110 found a home in that large Protestant community in Ulster, eaTable of Contents CONTENTS;...

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