lessons. Virginia law prohibited teaching slaves to read or write, but young Jackson taught the man as promised. In his later years at Jackson's Mill, Jackson served as a schoolteacher. In 1842, young Thomas Jackson received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. After graduation, he served as an instructor at Virginia Military Institute. During the American Civil War, he advanced in the Confederate Army to the rank of general, and died in 1863 in the Battle of Chancellorsville. He had been fatally wounded in a "friendly fire" incident. In 1921 the owners of the property at Jackson's Mill deeded it to the State of West Virginia. In modern times, the preserved grist mill of Cummins Jackson is the centerpiece of a historical site and museum at the Jackson's Mill Center for Lifelong Learning and State 4-H Camp. The facility, located in Weston, West Virginia, serves as a special campus for West Virginia University (WVU) and the WVU Extension Service. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Lewis County, West Virginia References Robertson, James I., Jr., Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend, MacMillan Publishing, 1997, . External links WVU Jackson's Mill Center American Civil War sites in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Lewis County, West Virginia Historic American Engineering Record in West Virginia Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Industry museums in West Virginia Lewis County, West Virginia in the American Civil War Mill museums in the United States Museums in Lewis County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Lewis County, West Virginia Open-air museums in West Virginia University museums in West Virginia Watermills in the United States Grinding mills in West Virginia Historic district contributing properties in Virginia Mill