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the confederate army received a terrible and perhaps mortal blow to its leadership with the accidental death of what general in 1863?

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Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

The best-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee

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The correct answer is General Stonewall Jackson.

Stonewall Jackson died of pneumonia after his troops fired on him accidentally during the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. He was important on the Civil War because he led the Confederate Army on bold marches, he terrorized the Union Army and was recognized as one of the most effective commanders in the Confederate Army.

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