2024 PWC History Symposium: The Rise of Stonewall Jackson

View the recorded presentations seen at the 9th Annual Prince William/Manassas History Symposium held at the Manassas Museum on Saturday, March 23, 2024. In the summer of 1861, Thomas Jonathan Jackson earned one of the most famous nicknames in American history at the battle of Manassas. By the spring of 1862, “‘Stonewall’ Jackson” was a household name. How did an obscure artillery instructor from Lexington, Virginia, become literally the most famous Confederate in the world? Mackowski discusses Stonewall’s legacy in his presentation entitled “The Rise of Stonewall Jackson.”

Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Emerging Civil War. He is the series editor of the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series, published by Savas Beatie, and the “Engaging the Civil War” Series, published in partnership with Southern Illinois University Press. Chris is a writing professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, NY, where he also serves as associate dean for undergraduate programs. Chris is also historian-in-residence at Stevenson Ridge, a historic property on the Spotsylvania battlefield in central Virginia. He has also worked as a historian for the National Park Service at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, where he gives tours at four major Civil War battlefields (Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania), as well as at the building where Stonewall Jackson died. Chris has authored or co-authored a dozen books on the Civil War, and his articles have appeared in all the major Civil War magazines. Chris serves on the board of directors for the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust and the Civil War Roundtable Congress.

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