He quickly gained on the field of battle the nickname “Stonewall”, and he became (next to Robert Lee) the most esteemed Confederate general in the field. The Major had to leave the class that spring because of the explosion of civil war. The Sunday meetings closed with the singing of the remaining choruses of Amazing Grace.īy 1861, over 100 Lexington-area slaves were regularly attending the Sunday school. Included in the hour-long service were Bible readings, prayers, and instructions from the Presbyterian children’s catechism.
It was Jackson’s favorite hymn but being tone-deaf, he did not know why. The class, for black males and females of all ages, opened with the singing of the first stanzas of Amazing Grace.
Jackson was therefore on the perimeter of the law by leading a Bible service on Sunday afternoons. The Virginia code of that day permitted blacks to gather in daylight for religious services, but the statues forbade whites from teaching slaves to read and write about any subject. The “students” were local slaves and freedmen. Meetings were held for an hour on Sunday afternoon. It was anything but an ordinary course in Bible study.
Jackson of the Virginia Military Institute faculty organized a Sunday school class at the Lexington Presbyterian Church. Many incidents associated with the Civil War are considered unbelievable. #103 – Stonewall’s Sunday School (The Stained-Glass Window) “Stonewall” Jackson was both unique and unbelievable. Originally aired on AugIn part 103 of our Civil War series, Virginia Tech history professor James Robertson tells us why the formation of a Sunday School class in the autumn of 1855 by Major Thomas J.
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