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* Stonewall Jackson, of the Confederate Army during the [[American Civil War]], was a shrewd tactician and a dauntless battlefield commander. He was also a hypochondriac and restlessly raised one arm, both of which may have played a role in his death (he was shot in the arm, and developed pneumonia when he had an aide wrap him in wet cloths after the amputation). He also had the habit of praying, eyes open, on horseback, content in the belief God could surely hear him there as well as anywhere; this was in order to ward off demonic possession, which he feared, with the prayer. Before the war he taught at Virginia Military Institute, where he earned the name "Tom-fool Jackson" for his useless physics lectures.

** The Civil War could pretty much be renamed the War of Bunny Ears. Aside from Jackson's antics, Longstreet went into battle wearing carpet slippers at one point, and Custer carried a pet mouse with him in battle at all times.