On this day in 1863, Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Soon after his death, a statue of him was commissioned in Britain. To find out more about this transatlantic memorial, check out this article:
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This article outlines the political agendas surrounding the dedication of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Statue, an early Confederate monument commissioned in Britain in 1863 and unveiled with much...