Jackson's Headquarters

Caroline County · dedicated 2016 · Rte. 17, 1.1 miles south of Rte. 610

Moss Neck Manor, just south of here, was the headquarters of Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson during the winter of 1862-1863. Jackson arrived in mid-December, shortly after the First Battle of Fredericksburg. He declined an offer to stay in the Greek Revival mansion, built ca. 1856, and resided instead in an office outbuilding in the yard. More than 35,000 men of his Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, encamped nearby. Here Jackson received many visitors and ate Christmas dinner with Gen. Robert E. Lee and Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. Jackson departed on 17 Mar. 1863. He was accidentally shot by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville on 2 May and died on 10 May.

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