Chancellorsville Battlefield – Spotsylvania County, Virginia
General “Stonewall” Jackson died eight days after being wounded in the words at Chancellorsville. General Robert E. Lee upon his death acknowledged the loss by saying “I know not how to replace him.” After the war local residents erected a small boulder to commemorate the general’s wounding. That rock still stands. On June 13, 1888, a crowd of 5,000 people attended the dedication of the more formal monument.
Governor Jackson’s last words spoken are as follows: “Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.”
1888 monument
