According to the typical pro North, history, book, general, Thomas J “Stonewall” Jackson was a humorless, slave, owner, a mediocre, confederate general, and a traitor to the United States, who fought to preserve slavery and take over the US government. Here in the south, we know that nothing could be further from the truth. Actually, Jackson was a fun, loving father and husband, a superb military officer, and a non-slave owning unionist who detested slavery and join the confederate army to preserve the original constitution. But you needn’t take our word for It.