All Things for Good: The Steadfast Fidelity of Stonewall Jackson
J. Steven Wilkins David Vaughan, General Editor
Dubbed "Stonewall" following the battle of First Manassas in July 1861, Thomas Jackson as long been revered as a brilliant military leader and tactician and one of the most adroit Confederate commanders. The man himself is a study in contrasts: justifiably feared by his enemies and beloved by his men. Yet his humble and sincere Christian faith seemed at odds with his reputation as a ferocious warrior.
Jackson was graduated from West Point in 1846, participated in the Mexican War in 1848, and went to the Virginia Military Institute in 1851, resigning his commission in the army a year later. When he left VMI in 1861 to join the Confederate army, immediately he was commissioned to colonel and within months promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Mortally wounded by friendly fire in May 1863, he "more than anyone else, personified the compelling and the virtuous in what the subsequent generation would label 'The Lost Cause'." —James I. Robertson Jr.
All Things for Good is a thoughtful new volume in the Leaders in Action series. In it J. Steven Wilkins challenges some of the myths that surround Stonewall Jackson and celebrates his devout Christian beliefs.
| J. STEVEN WILKINS is founder and president of the Southern Heritage Society. He produced the highly acclaimed tape series AMERICA: THE FIRST 350 YEARS and, with Otto Scott, the award-winning video A SOUTHERN PROFILE OF THE CIVIL WAR. He lives in Monroe, Louisiana. |
$16.95, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-58182-225-1 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-1-58182-225-0 (Hardcover)
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