History Fact of the Day, 1/10/10

Before the Civil War, Stonewall Jackson taught mathematics at Virginia Military Institute. Though celebrated in the war, at VMI Jackson was greatly disliked by his students. At one supposed incident, a couple of angry VMI students attempted to kill Jackson by dropping a brick on his head from the top of a building. The brick hit Jackson's hat, sparing him

To me Jackson looks older than his late thirties, which is when he died. This photo was taken a few days before Chancellorsville.