[Volunteer]

Having served on this post many years ago, I can say it is a Historic place in its own right. The article mentions that it was burned during the war. It leaves out that it was, at one time, the School of Cavalry Practice - a place certainly known to expert like Jackson.

I believe it is right to continue to have these paintings in a place on honor. It is a reminder that 2 officers who served with distinction and honor in the US Army once became enemies of that Army. Lee, for his part, was among the first to ask for his US Citizenship back after the war. It was returned... under President Carter, I think. The only thing Carter ever did with which I agree.

[jazusamo]

Thanks, I fully agree and if Carter was responsible for Lee’s citizenship it’s the only good thing he did while in office.

[GreyFriar]

Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson was originally an artilleryman. Jackson began his United States Army career as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery Regiment.

He was military professor at VMI. Parts of Jackson’s curriculum are still taught at VMI, regarded as timeless military essentials: discipline, mobility, assessing the enemy’s strength and intentions while attempting to conceal your own, and the efficiency of artillery combined with an infantry assault.