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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
- Lee regarded Jackson as his "right arm."
- Jackson earned his nickname in the First Battle of Bull Run
- Jackson was fatally shot by one of his own men (who mistaken him as the enemy) - at the Battle of Chancellorsville - and had his arm amputated.
- Lee sent a letter to Jackson, writing, “Could I have directed events, I would have chosen for the good of the country to be disabled in your stead."