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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
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RDaneel54,
that is a picture of Thomas Jonathan Jackson as a young man.
History knows him as
General Stonewall Jackson.
At VMI, before the War, "he taught natural and experimental philosophy (related to modern day physics and including physics, astronomy, acoustics, optics, and other scientific courses)."
"On the battlefield, he was brilliant, audacious, and unflinchingly courageous,..."