 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Jackson akaita zvakanaka chaizvo muhondo dzomuShenandoah Valley muna 1862. Pasinei nokukurirwa kwokutanga kwakakonzerwa zvikuru nehuchenjeri hwakakanganiswa, kuburikidza nekukurumidza uye kunyatsoita maitiro Jackson akakwanisa kukunda mauto matatu akasiyana ehondo uye kudzivirira chero upi zvake wavo kubva pakusimbisa General George B. McClellans Army of the Potomac mumushandirapamwe wayo kurwisa Richmond. Jackson akabva akurumidza kutamisa mapoka ake matatu kuti asimbise Hondo yaGeneral Lee yeNorthern Virginia mukudzivirira Richmond. Akaita zvisina kunaka muhondo yeSeven Days achirwisana neArmy of the Potomac yaGeorge B. McClellan, sezvo aigara achinonoka kusvika kunhandare. Munguva yeNorthern Virginia Campaign muzhizha iroro, mauto aJackson akatora ndokuparadza nzvimbo yakakosha yekuchengetera mauto aGeneral John Pope eVirginia, uye akabva aramba kurwiswazve nemauto aPope muHondo yechipiri yeBull Run. Mauto aJackson akaita basa rinokosha muMushandirapamwe weMaryland waSeptember, achitorataundi reHarpers Ferry, nzvimbo inokosha, uye kupa dziviriro yeuto reConfederate kuruboshwe paAntietam. PaFredericksburg muna December, mauto aJackson akaodzwa mwoyo asi pakupedzisira akarwisa mauto eUnion aitungamirirwa naMajor General Ambrose Burnside. Mukupera kwaApril uye kutanga kwaMay 1863, akatarisana neuto guru reUnion zvino raitungamirirwa naJoseph Hooker kuChancellorsville, Lee akakamura simba rake munzira nhatu. Musi waMay 2, Jackson akatora mauto ake 30 000 ndokutanga kurwisa kwokukurumidzira kurudyi rweUnion, achidzorera mauto anopikisa kumashure anenge mamaira maviri. Manheru iwayo akapfurwa netsaona nemapiketi eConfederate. Mukuru mukuru wacho akarasikirwa noruoko rwake rworuboshwe nokuda kwokugurwa ruoko; ashaya simba nemhaka yokukuvara kwake, akafa nemabayo mazuva masere gare gare. 