The Room In Which Stonewall Jackson Died

The Room in Which Stonewall Jackson Died

Digging through a used bookstore, I found a 1962 book called "Matthew Brady's Illustrated History of the Civil War.  The images are poorly printed, and with a scrapbook feel (overlapped pics with handwritten captions) but I thought it would help me track down pictures I might otherwise not know about.

This picture was overlapped by the well known Guinea Station pic of the outbuilding Jackson died in, but I've never seen this picture of the room before. I can see brush stacked in the corner, at what would have been the foot of Jackson's bed, a wood working bench and a homemade anvil of sorts made from a wooden horse and part of a railway tie.

For me, it calls into question the accuracy of the Parks Service' recreation of the room's furnishings.  They readily tell you that only the bed, one blanket, and the clock are original, and that the rest is just furniture typical of the period.  We do know that Jackson's doctor rested on a couch by his bedside in the room, how much else of the recreation is accurate I don't know.  This isn't a complaint; I'd just like to have an idea about how the room really did look when Jackson was there.

But the fireplace doesn't look as well done as it could have been.  I see significant differences between the original woodwork around the fireplace, and the recreation.  They've done a good job in general on the fireplace, but the details could have been more accurate I think.