- "Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. Captain, that is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave."
- Speaking to Captain John D. Imboden (24 July 1861), as quoted inStonewall Jackson As Military Commander (2000) by John Selby, p. 25; sometimes quoted as "My religious beliefs teach me..."
- "In the Army of the Shenandoah, you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade!In the Second Corps of this Army, you are the First Brigade! You are the First Brigade in the affections of your general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down the posterity as the First Brigadein this our Second War of Independence. Farewell!"
- Farewell address to his brigade, as he left to receive his promotion to Major General (4 October 1861)
"There stands Jackson like a stone wall — rally round the Virginians!"
- General Barnard Bee during theFirst Battle of Bull Run, in an exclamation which was the origin of the nickname "Stonewall Jackson", as quoted in Freedom (1987) byWilliam Safire, p. 60
- "Jackson fought for the constitutional rights of the South, and any one who imagines he fought for slavery knows nothing of Jackson."
- William C. Chase in Story of Stonewall Jackson : A Narrative of the Career of Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson (1901), p. 203
- "You are better off than I am , for while you have lost your left (arm), I have lost my right arm."
- General Lee wrote this in a letter to Jackson shortly before Jackson died. Lee was referring to Jackson as his right arm.
- *quotes and info from Wikipedia*
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