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Confederate General Stonewall Jackson remained a constant threat to Union operations in Virginia until his death after the Battle of Chancellorsville in May of 1863. Prior to that, Jackson had been causing grief to Union generals assigned by President Lincoln to capture or destroy Jackson's army. His victory at the Battle of Winchester on May 25, caused Lincoln's plans to reinforce General McClellan's Peninsula campaign to pause. As long as Jackson remained a dominate force in the Shenandoah Valley, helping McClellan would be impossible.

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In May through May of 1862, Stonewall Jackson's exploits in the Shenandoah Valley were a cause for concern to the Union's Eastern Theater high command. With an army of 15,000 troops he defeated three different Union armies in detail. Cause for his ability to defeat larger armies and his position close enough to Washington DC made President Lincoln to withhold reinforcements to General McClellan and the Peninsula campaign.

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