Stonewall Stonewall Up A Tree

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Scenes I'd Like to Have Seen: Stonewall in a Tree - Emerging Civil War

In December 1861, Gen. Stonewall Jackson, after his unsuccessful attempt to destroy Dam Number 5 on the Potomac River, retreated back to Winchester. “As he left the river, he eyed a persimmon tree loaded with fruit. Jackson loved fruit of any kind, and the persimmon was one of his favorites. The...

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