Mary Anna Jackson Chapter #4 This Chapter supports the  North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans and the 21st NC Regiment reenactment group.  For information on membership contact  Laura Stallard       laura21nct@earthlink.net

 

The wife of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was born near Charlotte NC and was educated at Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, NC from 1847-49. In Virginia, she met Jackson and they married in 1857. Only one of their children survived infancy. When the Civil War began, Mrs. Jackson returned to Charlotte. In 1863, General Jackson was mortally wounded in battle. Mrs. Jackson traveled to his bedside and was with him when he died. She returned to her Charlotte home on West Trade Street in 1873 where she wrote a biography about her husband's life and military career. As along-time presence in Charlotte and as the widow of the fallen war hero, Mrs. Jackson remained a beloved figure throughout the South until her death at age 83.