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Stonewall Jackson

Thomas J. Jackson, one of the Confederate generals in the American war. The name arose thus: General Bee, of South Carolina, observing his men waver, exclaimed, “Look at Jackson's men; they stand like a stone wall!” (1826-1863.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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