I chose as my topic. He is a well-known figure from the Civil War. I chose him because I wanted to research someone on the confederate point of view, opposed to the Union. I wanted to learn more about that side of the war, living in the north I feel I know more about the Union’s role. was born in 1824, in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), with the name Thomas Jonathan Jackson. He went through an inadequate country school as a child there. In 1842, he managed to secure a place for himself at the U.S. Military Academy. While ther ....