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The South Mourns:
News of Jackson's death from pneumonia on May 10 devastated the South and reverberated across the world. The Times of London called Jackson "one of the consummate generals that this century has produced." Jefferson Davis called Jackson's death "a great national calamity." Even Union General Gouverneur K. Warren conveyed admiration. "I rejoice at Stonewall Jackson's death as a gain to our cause and yet in my soldier's heart I cannot but see him the best soldier of all this war, and grieve at his untimely end..." |