Stonewall Jackson Shrine Memorializes Famous General Who Died in
Caroline Caroline County is home to the Stonewall Jackson
Shrine, a part of the National Park Service. Gen. Thomas
“Stonewall” Jackson was wounded by ‘friendly fire’ from
Confederate troops during the Battle of Chancellorsville in
neighboring Spotsylvania County in 1863. He was transported to a
plantation in Guinea Station in northern Caroline County, and
his left arm was amputated. Eight days, later, however, Jackson
succumbed to pneumonia. The shrine is the plantation office
building where Jackson temporarily stayed and ultimately died.
It is the only plantation structure remaining. After being
established as an historic ‘shrine,’ the building underwent
restorations twice and still retains about 45 percent of its
original fabric. The National Park Service has augmented some of
the items used during Jackson’s stay with other pieces from the
era and a few reproductions to recreate the scene of the last
days of his life. The Stonewall Jackson Shr