Statement is accurate— he did die AFTER being wounded in a friendly fire incident that wounded him, requiring his arm to be amputated (as they often were when hit by a .57 Cal soft lead minie ball).
Taken by ambulance to Guinea Station, VA (on a rail line behind the lines), the amputation of left arm happened but he developed pneumonia (which they did not understand back then) from fluid in his lungs, and passed on May 10, 1863.
Have always treasured Dr. McGuire’s first person description of his passing, and the eloquence:
On his death bed, though he became weaker, he remained spiritually strong, saying towards the end “It is the Lord’s Day; my wish is fulfilled. I have always desired to die on Sunday.” Dr. McGuire wrote an account of his final hours and his last words:
“A few moments before he died he cried out in his delirium, “Order A.P. Hill to prepare for action! Pass the infantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks”—then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished. Presently a smile of ineffable sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression, as if of relief, “Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.”
Gen. Jackson’s final words are often (mis)quoted as, “Carry me across the river, boys, and let me rest under the shade of the trees.”
Glad to be reminded that he died in the peace of the Lord.
I worked in S.C. state government in the 1970’s & we could choose two of these four state holidays:
Martin Luther King Day
Lincoln’s Birthday
Confederate Memorial Day
Jefferson Davis Birthday