| Just 1.7 miles west, on this road (then the Orange Plank Road), Lt. Gen.
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by "friendly
fire" about 9:30 P.M. on 2 May 1863 during the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Having brilliantly executed a flanking maneuver against the Federals, Jackson,
with eight aides, was returning from a reconnaissance between the lines.
When skirmishing erupted, they were mistaken for Federals in the darkness and
fired on by the 18th N.C. Infantry, killing four and wounding Jackson.
After a battlefield amputation of his left arm, Jackson was taken 17 miles
southeast to Guinea Station, where he died on 10 May from infection.
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