Stonewall's House

[mt155]

Thomas Jackson's home in Lexington, VA. Taken June 2015.

 

[FarawayFriend]

And as seen from the garden, photo taken September 2016

 

[E_just_E]

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And the garden view, taken September 2016

Do you know if that back part is a later addition? Sure looks like it

 

[FarawayFriend]

Do you know if that back part is a later addition? Sure looks like it

Yes it is. The house was previously owned by a doctor who added the stone part to use it as his medical practice.

 

[Bruce Vail]

Lexington, Va., is a great place to visit for any lover of Civil War history.

Gen. David Hunter brought about 15,000 Union troops through the town during his 1864 raid. They torched the Virginia Military Institute.

http://huntersraid.org/story/

 

[Buckeye Bill]

 

[jackt62]

I visited the home several years ago. The guide was extremely knowledgeable.

 

[lelliott19]

We enjoyed our tour of Jackson's home in Lexington very much.

But the real treat, for us at least, was Alta Vista, a storybook Gothic Revival cottage in Winchester Va which served as General Jackson's headquarters from November 1861 to March 1862. At the time, the home was owned by Lt. Col. Lewis T. Moore (2x great grandfather of Mary Tyler Moore.) Lt Col Moore invited Jackson to use his home as his headquarters.

We were not expecting much, but the collection includes MANY interesting original artifacts -Jackson's prayer book, locks of hair, tail hair from Little Sorrel, a couple of original battle flags, Jackson's prayer table, his camp chair with original upholstery, the desk he used, and tons of interesting pieces. There were at least four original period portraits of General Jackson. I asked about one that was especially attractive and was told they had no idea who the artist was, but hoped that when the painting was cleaned, perhaps the artists name would reveal itself.

The tour guides and the collection are absolutely amazing! We went at the very end of the day and there was no one else there. The 30 minute tour turned into an hour or more. We learned so much about Jackson that I had never known. The home is owned by the city and operated as a museum by the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. Well worth the $5 admission. If you are in the area it should definitely be on your list!

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attract...ckson_s_Headquarters-Winchester_Virginia.html

 

[FarawayFriend]

When we went, we were not expecting much, but the collection includes MANY interesting original artifacts Jackson's prayer book, locks of hair, tail hair from Little Sorrel, a couple of original battle flags, Jackson's prayer table, his camp chair with original upholstery, the desk he used, and tons of interesting pieces. There were at least four original period portraits of General Jackson. I asked about one that was especially attractive and was told they had no idea who the artist was, but hoped that when the painting was cleaned, perhaps the artists name would reveal itself. The tour guides and the collection are absolutely amazing!

Aaaw, Laura, rub it in!!!
When we were in Winchester we spent the morning at Harpers Ferry, then hurried back because it was said that Jackson's winter quarters would close at 4 pm (very early, in my eyes). We reached the house at 3:17 pm - only to find that the last tour had started at 3:15!! We even heard the tour guide through the locked door and knocked, but nobody opened. So we made some photos on the grounds and while we did that, two ladies came out and took the flags in. It was not yet 3.30 and so we asked if we could still join the group, but no. How very disappointing!!! Two minutes too late!!

 

[lelliott19]

Aaaw, Laura, rub it in!!!
When we were in Winchester we spent the morning at Harpers Ferry, then hurried back because it was said that Jackson's winter quarters would close at 4 pm (very early, in my eyes). We reached the house at 3:17 pm - only to find that the last tour had started at 3:15!! We even heard the tour guide through the locked door and knocked, but nobody opened. So we made some photos on the grounds and while we did that, two ladies came out and took the flags in. It was not yet 3.30 and so we asked if we could still join the group, but no. How very disappointing!!! Two minutes too late!!

I hate that. I remember you telling me about it. It's a shame you weren't able to see it on this trip, but now you have something to look forward to on your next US adventure?

 

[John Winn]

We enjoyed our tour of Jackson's home in Lexington very much.

But the real treat, for us at least, was Alta Vista, a storybook Gothic Revival cottage in Winchester Va which served as General Jackson's headquarters from November 1861 to March 1862. At the time, the home was owned by Lt. Col. Lewis T. Moore (2x great grandfather of Mary Tyler Moore.) Lt Col Moore invited Jackson to use his home as his headquarters. When we went, we were not expecting much, but the collection includes MANY interesting original artifacts Jackson's prayer book, locks of hair, tail hair from Little Sorrel, a couple of original battle flags, Jackson's prayer table, his camp chair with original upholstery, the desk he used, and tons of interesting pieces. There were at least four original period portraits of General Jackson. I asked about one that was especially attractive and was told they had no idea who the artist was, but hoped that when the painting was cleaned, perhaps the artists name would reveal itself. The tour guides and the collection are absolutely amazing! We went at the very end of the day and there was no one else there. The 30 minute tour turned into an hour or more. We learned so much about Jackson that I had never known. The home is owned by the city and operated as a museum by the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. Well worth the $5 admission. If you are in the area it should definitely be on your list!

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attract...ckson_s_Headquarters-Winchester_Virginia.html

Like FF, we missed seeing that because we were late getting into town our first day - having stopped at Luray Caverns and New Market - and out all day the next seeing Antietam and Harper's Ferry. I also wanted to see Patsy Cline's house and missed that, too, because they also close at 4:00. We couldn't see it the day we left, either, as we had an appointment in Martinsburg to get a private tour of an historic house John Winn's sisters had lived in (one of them married a New Market cadet who became a Senator). I had heard that Jackson's headquarters was very good and was really disappointed to have missed it. It's about the only thing I did miss on a three-week vacation so I suppose that's not so bad a casualty rate. Still ...

 

[Northern Light]

Like FF, we missed seeing that because we were late getting into town our first day - having stopped at Luray Caverns and New Market - and out all day the next seeing Antietam and Harper's Ferry. I also wanted to see Patsy Cline's house and missed that, too, because they also close at 4:00. We couldn't see it the day we left, either, as we had an appointment in Martinsburg to get a private tour of an historic house John Winn's sisters had lived in (one of them married a New Market cadet who became a Senator). I had heard that Jackson's headquarters was very good and was really disappointed to have missed it. It's about the only thing I did miss on a three-week vacation so I suppose that's not so bad a casualty rate. Still ...

I think that you could LIVE in Virginia and still not see everything Civil War there is to see within a 150 mile radius.

 

[Bruce Vail]

Jackson also lived at this house in Lexington for awhile.

It was the residence of his father-in-law, who was serving as president of Washington College before the war.

Here is another view:

 

[civilken]

very nice someday I would like to see it in person thank you for the pictures very nice indeed.

 

[John Winn]

Jackson also lived at this house in Lexington for awhile.

It was the residence of his father-in-law, who was serving as president of Washington College before the war.

Here is another view:

Thanks for the images. That's known now as the Lee-Jackson house but was built in 1842 for then-college-president Henry Ruffner. It was built by John Jordan who also built Washington Hall and several other buildings on campus. His house, Stono, is located at the eastern edge of the campus. Jordan was a prominent builder and he and his partner Benjamin Darst did the brick work on Monticello and several of the buildings at the U. of Virginia. Jordan was married to my John Winn's great aunt Lucy Winn and built the house where John was born in Charlottesville (Jordan met Lucy while in Charlottesville working on Monticello). That house still stands and I got to see it on the September pilgrimage.

 

[Private Watkins]

We enjoyed our tour of Jackson's home in Lexington very much.

But the real treat, for us at least, was Alta Vista, a storybook Gothic Revival cottage in Winchester Va which served as General Jackson's headquarters from November 1861 to March 1862. At the time, the home was owned by Lt. Col. Lewis T. Moore (2x great grandfather of Mary Tyler Moore.) Lt Col Moore invited Jackson to use his home as his headquarters.

We were not expecting much, but the collection includes MANY interesting original artifacts -Jackson's prayer book, locks of hair, tail hair from Little Sorrel, a couple of original battle flags, Jackson's prayer table, his camp chair with original upholstery, the desk he used, and tons of interesting pieces. There were at least four original period portraits of General Jackson. I asked about one that was especially attractive and was told they had no idea who the artist was, but hoped that when the painting was cleaned, perhaps the artists name would reveal itself.

The tour guides and the collection are absolutely amazing! We went at the very end of the day and there was no one else there. The 30 minute tour turned into an hour or more. We learned so much about Jackson that I had never known. The home is owned by the city and operated as a museum by the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society. Well worth the $5 admission. If you are in the area it should definitely be on your list!

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attract...ckson_s_Headquarters-Winchester_Virginia.html

Do you happen to recall seeing an embroidered red scarf among the collection...?
http://civilwartalk.com/threads/a-letter-from-stonewall-april-17-1863.128099/