/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Stonewall Jackson
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Thomas J. Jackson, one of the Confederate generals in the American war. The name arose thus: General Bee, of South Caroliʹna, observing his men waver, exclaimed, “Look at Jackson’s men; they stand like a stone wall!” (1826–1863.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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