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Stonewall Jackson

From the state marker

“Thomas J. Jackson, later a Confederate general, married Anna Morrison, July 16, 1857, in her home which stood 200 yds. E.”

State historical marker: O-44: Stonewall Jackson

1824–1963 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗

The index holds 2 works for Stonewall Jackson so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.

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Works about or by Stonewall Jackson. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it. Background reading appears below.

Civil War Collection

Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina · 1860

Statewide Civil War collection of the State Archives of North Carolina, dated 1860 to 1965. It gathers pardon petitions, bounty payrolls, quartermaster vouchers and supply papers, disabled veterans' claims and letters about artificial limbs, regimental and unit papers, muster rolls, diaries, reminiscences, clippings and sheet music. Orange County is one of the many North Carolina counties represented.

Included because: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.

Gales Papers

Gales family · 1794

Papers of Joseph Gales Sr. (1761 to 1841), state printer, editor of the Raleigh Register from 1799 to 1833 and mayor of Raleigh, and of his wife Winifred, their sons and a grandson, 1794 to 1864. They include copied reminiscences in which Winifred Gales describes her family. Chapel Hill is one of the places touched. State Archives of North Carolina, PC.146.

Included because: Catalog heading in the State Archives of NC record: Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.

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  • NC LIVE: prepared search for Stonewall Jackson Library card Search NC LIVE for this subject and Orange County. You can change the search terms. Sign in through your North Carolina library to access the materials.
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