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Tomb of Stonewall Jackson, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1931-1944

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Alternate title:Stonewall Jackson monument, Lexington, Virginia
Summary:Tomb of Stonewall Jackson, Lexington, Virginia, circa 1931-1944. Caption reads: "Stonewall Jackson was born in 1824. He was one of the first professors in the Virginia Military Institute, located at Lexington, Va., founded in 1839. Jackson later became the military genius of the Southern armies during the war between the states. He was killed in 1863, being shot from his horse by one of the men under his command failing to recognize him, thinking he was from the Union forces." Postcard number E-7824, L-22.
Provider:Asheville Post Card Co.
Century:1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:North Carolina
Place of origin – Settlement:Asheville
Temporal subject: 1931-1940
1941-1950
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Virginia
Geographical subject – Settlement:Lexington
Topical subjects: Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Genre:Postcards
ArchivesUM location:Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection
Repository:National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
Browse terms:Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places
Copyright holder:Public Domain
Collection:National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection
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