When told to chose an influential person in American history on whom to write a report I immediately went to the Civil War. No other event in American history has change our country as much as the Civil War. It and the people in it had a lasting impact on the way we live today. The Civil War abolished slavery and helped to begin the campaign for equal right s for everybody in America. It …showed first 75 words of 1550 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1550 total…informed of Stonewall Jackson’s injury and then death replied with these words: “He has lost his left arm, but I have lost my right”. Stonewall Jackson was a great person and an even greater General. He led well and inspired his troops to give their all both with his words and by his actions. He never asked his men to do what he himself wouldn’t be willing to do. When he died the