May 10, 1863---The Death of Stonewall Jackson

MAY 10, 1863:  

Stonewall Jackson dies of pneumonia contracted secondarily to the wounds he received at Chancellorsville. (Despite the picture, he died in a house, not in a tent, and in the presence of his wife who’d been called to his side.) With his death, the South lost one of its most able and aggressive commanders. His last words: "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."