Monument Monday, May 2, 2022

[James N.]

Today's Monument Monday features the best-known of those commemorating the mortal wounding of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson during the evening of the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863. It was placed not on the actual site where he was struck down but a little closer to Va. Route 3 that generally follows the old Orange Turnpike through the Wilderness. Today the area is the site of the current NPS Chancellorsville Visitor Center. A trail leading from the building follows Jackson's fatal route before doubling back in the area of the Centennial historical markers directly above; the monument can be glimpsed along the trail at far left.

The marker was erected so as to be more visible by traffic on the roadway than if it were deeper in the woods along the rough trail called Mountain Road being followed by Jackson and his party on their fatal ride; the large monument is likely closer to the spot on the Turnpike where A. P. Hill was also wounded and Jackson's chief engineer Capt. Keith Boswell killed. For more about the Campaign of Chancellorsville please see:

Stonewall - The Campaign of Chancellorsville, May 1 - 5, 1863 | Famous People of the Late Unpleasantness

Part I - May, 1; May Day in the Wilderness Kurz & Allison print, The Battle of Chancellorsville; as usual for them, the publishers dramatize events, including the mortal wounding of Stonewall Jackson at right, struck down by unknown assailants. Following the disastrous Union assault on...

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[rebel brit]

Took these pics on a visit to Chancellorsville in 2010.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

 

[donna]

Great photos. Enjoyed our visit there.

 

[WScott]

Just there! Great photos.

 

[UCVRelics]

Great Photos.

 

[James N.]

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Thanks Bill; I'd wanted to show this monument as well, but I thought the only photo I took of it during my hurried visit was too poor to use - yours are much better!