Editing Stonewall Jackson (section)

===Legacy===
Many theorists through the years have postulated that if Jackson had lived, Lee might have prevailed at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]].<ref>See, for instance, Sears, ''Gettysburg'', pp. 233–34. Alternative theories about Gettysburg are prominent ideas in the literature about the [[Lost Cause of the Confederacy|Lost Cause]].</ref> Certainly Jackson's discipline and tactical sense were sorely missed.

As a boy, General [[George S. Patton|George Patton]] (of [[World War II]] fame) prayed next to two portraits of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, whom he assumed were God and Jesus.<ref>Robert H. Patton, The Pattons: A Personal History of an American Family (New York: Crown Publishers, 1994), 90.</ref> He once told [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] "I will be your Jackson."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Matthew F. Holland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zhEDOCuhAaAC&pg=PA98 |title=Eisenhower Between the Wars: The Making of a General and Statesman |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-275-96340-8 |pages=98–}}</ref> General [[Douglas MacArthur]] called [[Robert L. Eichelberger]] his Stonewall Jackson.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Major Matthew H. Fath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=czJvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT21 |title=Eichelberger – Intrepidity, Iron Will, And Intellect: General Robert L. Eichelberger And Military Genius |publisher=Verdun Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-78625-238-8 |pages=21–}}</ref> [[Chesty Puller]] idolized Jackson, and carried [[George Francis Robert Henderson|George Henderson]]'s [[Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War|biography of Jackson]] with him on campaigns.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Major Mickey L. Quintrall USAF |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cShwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT18 |title=The Chesty Puller Paragon: Leadership Dogma Or Model Doctrine? |publisher=Lucknow Books |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-78625-075-9 |pages=18–}}</ref> [[Alexander Vandegrift]] also idolized Jackson.

His last words, "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees" were the inspiration for the title of [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s 1950 novel ''[[Across the River and into the Trees]]''.