TheKenoshaKid
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- Jan 11, 2010
(I'm posting this in the general board cause it's 100% speculation, bordering on conspiracy theory territory. Not to be taken too seriously.)
(FINAL EDIT) Whoops, the mods decided it would be better in the Stonewall board.
Anyway...Stonewall Jackson must have had some weird aura about him, cause these facts together make no sense to me:
1. Arguably the most devoutly-Christian officer of the entire war got his nickname on a Sunday, got mortally wounded by his own men three hours short of a Sunday (local time), and died on a Sunday.
2. He would always raise one arm because he felt that one side of his body was too heavy, and he had to balance out his fluids. He died after his left arm was amputated. "Left" in latin is "sinister", and was often associated with evil and immorality. He died without a left arm.
3. His last words, according to Dr. Hunter McGuire (the man who amputated his arm) were:
"Order A.P. Hill to prepare for action! Pass the infantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks—"
That's exactly how the Battle of Gettysburg began. A.P. Hill's infantry passed rapidly to the front and...
4. The apostle Peter was also crucified. James Longstreet was also wounded by his own men in the wilderness around Chancellorsville, almost exactly a year later. The surgeon that saved Longstreet's life was named John Cullen, initials JC. Longstreet's nickname? Pete.
Has anybody else noticed all these weird details about him?
(FINAL EDIT) Whoops, the mods decided it would be better in the Stonewall board.
Anyway...Stonewall Jackson must have had some weird aura about him, cause these facts together make no sense to me:
1. Arguably the most devoutly-Christian officer of the entire war got his nickname on a Sunday, got mortally wounded by his own men three hours short of a Sunday (local time), and died on a Sunday.
2. He would always raise one arm because he felt that one side of his body was too heavy, and he had to balance out his fluids. He died after his left arm was amputated. "Left" in latin is "sinister", and was often associated with evil and immorality. He died without a left arm.
3. His last words, according to Dr. Hunter McGuire (the man who amputated his arm) were:
"Order A.P. Hill to prepare for action! Pass the infantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks—"
That's exactly how the Battle of Gettysburg began. A.P. Hill's infantry passed rapidly to the front and...
4. The apostle Peter was also crucified. James Longstreet was also wounded by his own men in the wilderness around Chancellorsville, almost exactly a year later. The surgeon that saved Longstreet's life was named John Cullen, initials JC. Longstreet's nickname? Pete.
Has anybody else noticed all these weird details about him?
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