/*
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*/
function setcountdown(theyear,themonth,theday){
yr=theyear;mo=themonth;da=theday
}
//////////CONFIGURE THE COUNTDOWN SCRIPT HERE//////////////////
//STEP 1: Configure the countdown-to date, in the format year, month, day:
setcountdown(2002,01,21)
//STEP 2: Change the two text below to reflect the occasion, and message to display on that occasion, respectively
var occasion="Thomas J. Jacksons Birthday!"
var message_on_occasion="Happy Birthday Thomas Jackson!"
//STEP 3: Configure the below 5 variables to set the width, height, background color, and text style of the countdown area
var countdownwidth='480px'
var countdownheight='20px'
var countdownbgcolor='lightblue'
var opentags=''
var closetags=''
//////////DO NOT EDIT PASS THIS LINE//////////////////
var montharray=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")
var crosscount=''
function start_countdown(){
if (document.layers)
document.countdownnsmain.visibility="show"
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount=document.getElementById&&!document.all?document.getElementById("countdownie") : countdownie
countdown()
}
if (document.all||document.getElementById)
document.write('')
window.onload=start_countdown
function countdown(){
var today=new Date()
var todayy=today.getYear()
if (todayy < 1000)
todayy+=1900
var todaym=today.getMonth()
var todayd=today.getDate()
var todayh=today.getHours()
var todaymin=today.getMinutes()
var todaysec=today.getSeconds()
var todaystring=montharray[todaym]+" "+todayd+", "+todayy+" "+todayh+":"+todaymin+":"+todaysec
futurestring=montharray[mo-1]+" "+da+", "+yr
dd=Date.parse(futurestring)-Date.parse(todaystring)
dday=Math.floor(dd/(60*60*1000*24)*1)
dhour=Math.floor((dd%(60*60*1000*24))/(60*60*1000)*1)
dmin=Math.floor(((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))/(60*1000)*1)
dsec=Math.floor((((dd%(60*60*1000*24))%(60*60*1000))%(60*1000))/1000*1)
//if on day of occasion
if(dday<=0&&dhour<=0&&dmin<=0&&dsec<=1&&todayd==da){
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+message_on_occasion+closetags
return
}
//if passed day of occasion
else if (dday<=-1){
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+"Occasion already passed! "+closetags
return
}
//else, if not yet
else{
if (document.layers){
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.write(opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+occasion+closetags)
document.countdownnsmain.document.countdownnssub.document.close()
}
else if (document.all||document.getElementById)
crosscount.innerHTML=opentags+dday+ " days, "+dhour+" hours, "+dmin+" minutes, and "+dsec+" seconds left until "+occasion+closetags
}
setTimeout("countdown()",1000)
}
Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born on January 21, 1824 in Clarksburg, Virginia(this area is in the present times West Virginia. Little Thomas was orphaned at an early age and received sketchy schooling in the country schools. He worked very hard and became educated later at the U.S. Military Academy in 1842. At the Academy, Jackson had to work much harder than the other cadets in understanding the lessons taught there because of the inadequate schooling he had received before. Thomas continually studied and worked diligently and his grades slowly began to increase until he graduated in the upper third of his class. Between the years of 1851 and 1861, Jackson was a professor of Natural Philosophy and an instructor of artillery tactics at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He also joined the Lexington Presbyterian Church, got married, and bought the only home he had ever owned. During the outbreak of the Civil War, Jackson was an instructor at VMI but left the institute to join the Confederate army.
During the Civil WarAfter Thomas joined the Confederate army, although he favored preservation of the Union, and was immediately given the rank of Colonel and had to organize raw military recruits in Harpers Ferry after he was dispatched there. With only a few months of being a colonel, Jackson was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. Jackson led his men in the first Battle of Bull Run after leaving Harpers Ferry to join Beauregard at Manassas. Here Jackson and his men formed a strong line and held their ground even though they were facing overwhelming odds. General Barnard E. Bee saw this line and made Thomas Jackson's "famous nickname", Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. After that, his brigade became known as the Stonewall Brigade. Jackson was given command of the valley and was promoted to major general that fall. Thomas was also a very pious and religious man that regretted having fought on Sundays. He won victories at Front Royal, 1st Winchester, Cross Keys, and Port Republic. Jackson earned international fame in Shenandoah Valley in 1862. With no more than 17,000 men, he defeated 60,000 Union troops with a sequence of lighting marches and many battles. Following that he immediately rushed to aid General E. Lee in Richmond. Thomas also aided General Lee in victory at the Seven Days' Battle against General George McClellan in Richmond. In August, 1862, Jackson defeated the army of John Pope which ensured the Confederate victory at the second Battle of Bull Run. Then, Jackson went with General Lee into Maryland who had ordered him to capture Harpers Ferry. Jackson and his men also fought at Antietam with General Lee. He was then given the command of what we call today as the "official 2nd Corps". In the battle in Fredericksburg in 1862, Thomas led the men he was leading, in the right wing, to victory. He was disappointed with the victory at Fredericksburg because it couldn't be followed up. On his greatest day at the battle in Chancellorsville, Jackson led his corps around the Union right flank and routed the 11th Corps.
Death After Thomas Jackson went exploring the night of the battle at Chancellorsville, he was shot by one of his own men while returning to his own lines. His arm was amputated and Thomas Jonathan Jackson died eight days later on May 10,1863 from pneumonia.