- Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum
Infobox_nrhp | name =Stonewall Jackson Headquarters
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
location= 415 N. Braddock St.,Winchester, Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 11
lat_seconds = 23
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 78
long_minutes = 9
long_seconds = 58
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1861
architect= Unknown
architecture= Gothic Revival
designated=May 28 ,1967 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=757&ResourceType=Building
title=Stonewall Jackson Headquarters |accessdate=2008-04-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =May 28 ,1967 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=67000027The Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum was anantebellum home owned by Lt. Col. Lewis Tilghman Moore, commander of the 31st Virginia Militia. Later, while commanding the 4th Virginia Infantry, Colonel Moore offered his home at 415 North Braddock Street, Winchester,Virginia ,USA , to serve as the headquarters for Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.Noyalas, p. 25.]History
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The home is a gothic revival style cottage built in 1854 for William Fuller, was named "Alta Vista", and had a beautiful view over open hillsides facing east across Winchester. While living here, the Jacksons became very fond of the people and culture of Winchester, and referred to it as their "winter home", hoping to settle here after the
American Civil War . In the 1960s the home was purchased and converted into a museum, and includes many possessions and artifacts belonging to Stonewall Jackson. In a letter to Mary, Stonewall Jackson commented:One of Lt Col Moore's descendants is actress
Mary Tyler Moore , who has helped pay for restorations of the home for the museum - including replica wallpaper matching the original to which Jackson referred.It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1967.citation
title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/67000027.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Stonewall Jackson House] |32 KB
date=February 8, 1975
author=Stephen Lissandrello
publisher=National Park Service] [PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/67000027.pdf "Accompanying photos, one from 1970 of this house and one, undated, ofCarter Hall (Millwood, Virginia) , another headquarters of Jackson"] |32 KB]ee also
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Stonewall Jackson House , in Lexington, Virginia
*Winchester in the Civil War Notes
References
* Delauter, Roger V., Jr. "Winchester in the Civil War". Lynchburg, Virginia. H. E. Howard, Inc., 1992. ISBN 978-1561900336.
* Noyalas, Jonathan A. "Plagued by War: Winchester, Virginia During the Civil War". Leesburg, VA: Gauley Mount Press, 2003. ISBN 0-9628218-9-6.External links
* [http://www.winchesterhistory.org/stonewall_jackson.htm Winchester Historical Society: Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters]
* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Winchester/StoneJackHeadquarters_photo.htm Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters, Winchester, one photo at Virginia DHR]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/VAmainstreet/tho.htm Virginia Main Street Communities: Thomas J. Jackson Headquarters]
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