Editing Stonewall Jackson (section)

===Religion===
Jackson's religion has often been discussed. His biographer, [[Robert Lewis Dabney]], suggested that "It was the fear of God which made him so fearless of all else."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dabney |first=Robert L. |author-link=Robert Lewis Dabney |title=True Courage: A Memorial Sermon for General Thomas J. "Stone-wall Jackson |url=http://www.newhopefairfax.org/files/Dabney%20True%20Courage.pdf |access-date=February 26, 2013}}</ref> Jackson himself had said, "My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Selby |first=John Millin |title=Stonewall Jackson As Military Commander |year=2000 |page=25}}</ref>

[[File:Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's camp.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Prayer in "Stonewall" Jackson's camp'', 1866]]

[[Stephen W. Sears]] states that "Jackson was fanatical in his Presbyterian faith, and it energized his military thought and character. Theology was the only subject he genuinely enjoyed discussing. His dispatches invariably credited an ever-kind [[Divine providence|Providence]]." According to Sears, "this fanatical religiosity had drawbacks. It warped Jackson's judgment of men, leading to poor appointments; it was said he preferred good Presbyterians to good soldiers."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sears |first=Stephen W. |author-link=Stephen W. Sears |date=March 16, 1997 |title=Onward, Christian Soldier |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/16/reviews/970316.16searst.html |access-date=February 26, 2013}}</ref> [[James I. Robertson, Jr.]] suggests that Jackson was "a Christian soldier in every sense of the word". According to Robertson, Jackson "thought of the war as a religious crusade", and "viewed himself as an Old Testament warrior—like [[David]] or [[Joshua]]—who went into battle to slay the [[Philistines]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=White |first=Davin |date=October 15, 2010 |title=Stonewall Jackson biographer says religion drove Civil War general |work=[[The Charleston Gazette]] |url=http://wvgazette.com/News/201010150835?page=2&build=cache |url-status=dead |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412060754/http://wvgazette.com/News/201010150835?page=2&build=cache |archive-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref>

Jackson encouraged the [[Confederate States Army revival]] that occurred in 1863,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Duewel |first=Wesley L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9mP3fh9pT4C&pg=PT128 |title=Revival Fire |publisher=[[Zondervan]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-0310877097 |page=128}}</ref> although it was probably more of a grass-roots movement than a top-down revival.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Summers |first=Mark |title=The Great Harvest: Revival in the Confederate Army during the Civil War |url=http://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-21-number-3/great-harvest-revival-confederate-army-during-civi |journal=[[Religion & Liberty]] |volume=21 |issue=3 |access-date=February 26, 2013}}</ref> Jackson [[Puritan Sabbatarianism|strictly observed]] the Sunday Sabbath. [[James I. Robertson, Jr.]] notes that "no place existed in his Sunday schedule for labor, newspapers, or secular conversation".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=James I |author-link=James I. Robertson, Jr. |title=Stonewall Jackson: Christian Soldier |url=http://www.essential.civilwar.vt.edu/assets/files/ECWC%20TOPIC%20Jackson%20Stonewall%20Essay.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928212236/http://www.essential.civilwar.vt.edu/assets/files/ECWC%20TOPIC%20Jackson%20Stonewall%20Essay.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=February 26, 2013 |publisher=Virginia Center for Civil War Studies}}</ref>