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>I live in the area where is the boyhood home of Stonewall as well as his >birth place. Every other site (or so it seems), including our huge Corps >of Engineer Flood Control lake is named Stonewall Jackson. Union General >Lightburn who led the charge at Vicksburg and is pictured on the Atlanta >Diorama was born in Pennsylvania but spent his boyhood years in what is >now West Virginia (the only state born out of the Civil War) is from here >too. A few things are named for him.

Actually, there were two states born out of the Civil War. Kansas was the other one. I'd love to visit where General Jackson was born. I named my youngest son after him.. Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Stalnaker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:34 PM Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] F.Y.I. Stonewall and J.A.J. Lightburn & a question > >>I live in the area where is the boyhood home of Stonewall as well as his >>birth place. Every other site (or so it seems), including our huge Corps >>of Engineer Flood Control lake is named Stonewall Jackson. Union General >>Lightburn who led the charge at Vicksburg and is pictured on the Atlanta >>Diorama was born in Pennsylvania but spent his boyhood years in what is >>now West Virginia (the only state born out of the Civil War) is from here >>too. A few things are named for him. > > > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/346 - Release Date: 5/23/2006 > >