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Impact of Reconstruction — Unit test

Question 3 • EAP-Virginia and US History A CR

Which Confederate general earned the nickname "Stonewall" for standing firm during an early Southern victory?

Answer
A
Robert E. Lee
B
Thomas Jackson
C
J.E.B. Stuart
D
Ulysses S. Grant

Explanation

Thomas Jackson earned the nickname “Stonewall” during the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. He and his troops held their position as other Confederate forces rallied, prompting the description that they stood like a stone wall. Robert E. Lee became the Confederacy’s best-known general, but he was not the one given this nickname.

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