Battle of Chancellorsville • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Battle Facts • The Armies
The monument to Confederate Lieutenant General Thonas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is at the Chancellorsville Visitor Center (see map below). It is close to the location where he received his mortal wound from friendly fire on the night of May 2, 1863.
Text from the south side of the monument:
On this Spot
fell
mortally wounded
Thomas J. Jackson
Lt. Gen. C.S.A.
May 2nd 1863
From the east side:
There is Jackson standing
like a
stone wall
Bee at Manassas.
From the north side:
Could I have directed events,
I should have chosen for the good of the
country to be disabled in your stead.
I congratulate you upon the victory, which
is due to your skill and energy!
– R. E. Lee, General
From the west side:
Let us pass over the river and
rest under the shade of the trees.
His last words.
The monument faces and was intended to be viewed from Plank Road. Over the years Plank Road became a busy four lane divided highway, and a screen of vegetation was developed to cushion the Visitor Center area from the highway. The front of the monument now faces into this vegetation.
Location of the Monument
The monument to Confederate Lieutenant General Thonas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is on the walking trail behind the Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center. (38°18’40.1″N 77°39’01.2″W; )
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