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== Death of Jackson ==
[[File:jacksonbeingshot.png|thumbnail|left|250px|A largely inaccurate portrait of Jackson being wounded.]]
Jackson and his small party proceeded approximately fifty yards ahead of the Confederate line on the night of May 3 to survey the position of the Hooker’s Union soldiers. At close to nine o’clock p.m., while returning from their reconnaissance, Jackson and his party of three frightened novice soldiers who were on picket duty. The frightened pickets fired on the returning party, unaware they were not the enemy. Jackson suffered three wounds, the most severe being a bullet wound to his left shoulder that severed an artery.
