In Chancellorsville the confederates won a great victory but
lost a great general. During May 1863, Joseph Hooker tried to destroy Lee’s
army with two separate advances one from Fredericksburg and one from Chancellorsville.
Sadly for the Hooker, this tactic didn’t work. Lee confronted Joseph Hooker at Chancellorsville.
The union were in a fairly defensive position. The confederates found a week point
in the right flank of the union army commanded by Hooker. Lee sent Jackson to exploit
this weakness. On May 2nd Jackson’s division marched twelve whole
miles to Hooker’s right flank. The confederates surprised and destroyed the union’s
right flank. The battle ended in darkness. Stonewall Jackson and his command party
rode back on their horse in the dark. The infantry believing that the horses
were union Calvary shouted “Halt! Who goes there?” But fired before Jackson
could reply. One of the officers identified them this time the confederates
shouted “It’s a dammed Yankee trick! Fire!” And the infantry released a second
volley. Stonewall Jackson was wounded three times, two in the left arm and one
in the right hand. The infantry finally figured out it was actually there commanding
officer they had shot at and had him rushed off to a house to recover. While
evacuating Jackson from the battlefield the men carrying the stretcher accidentally
dropped him on his head. Jackson was later taken home where he died in the
company of his month old daughter and his wife.
okay so here's my conclusion Jackson either 1) forgot to celebrate his lutenant birthday so they shot him, 2) He didn't give everyone a present last Christmas so they shot him or 3) They had a really klutzy person (named Zoe perhaps?) who just happened to drop their wounded commanded officer on his head (OUCH!!)
Tell me what you think!
I will now act out what I think happened in a few words and a lot of faces! J stands for Jackson. A stands for the army that shot him and so on. O is for the officer who said were on your side! okay here we go!
J: All done I won a battle :)
A: Who goes there? (BANG)
J: OWW :`(```
O: We're you your side!
A: yay let's shoot the Yankee gain! ;)
J: Owwy! :( it's me Jackson you idiots!
A: o.o Oops....
J: You shot me! >:(
A: 0.0 OOPS!
O: Get a stretcher NOW!!
A: (Runs and gets a stretcher then puts Jackson on it.)
J: Thank goodness. -.-A guy holding stretcher: Watch this guys I can dance! (Starts dancing forgetting about Jackson. Jackson falls on his head)
J: Are you guys trying to kill me >: ? (Stretcher guy looks guilty)
A: Nope..
The end!!!
Me codename
Zoe codename
Leo,
out
-.o
Hmm. I think he would've died of his wounds anyway-- being dropped on his head (and how do you fall off a stretcher & land on your head, anyway-- wouldn't you be more likely to land on your butt?) just hurried things along. Lacking penicillin, bullet wounds tended to get infected & kill you, in those days. So that's my opinion. Do you know where he got the nickname "Stonewall"? Find out, and share it with us!
ReplyDeleteSo the homeschool lesson was to learn how to write a script for a play? Great idea!
ReplyDeletequick question who are you MH?
ReplyDeleteWOWZA! I wish you two were teaching my high school history lessons! I might have learned something! I guess I have my second chance now thanks to you! Please tell your mama Happy Birthday from me! Keep the info coming! And don't go riding around on stretchers! You never know what kind of dancing fools are driving those things!
ReplyDeleteGreat reporting!
ReplyDeleteI've heard that many people in the south refuse to refer to the war as the "Civil War" and instead refer to it as the "War Between the States." Have you run across any information on why that is?
That is interesting my guess would be that people do not want to call the civil war because it wasn't civil at all. In fact 9/11 was the bloodiest day on American soil since the civil war.
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