Death of Stonewall Jackson

Anna Jackson was at her husband's bedside when the General died.  This is how she describes the scene:

He now sank rapidly into unconsciousness, murmuring disconnected words occasionally, but all at once he spoke out very cheerfully and distinctly the beautiful sentence which has become immortal as his last:  "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees."

This clip, from Gods and Generals, recreates that moment and the funeral procession which followed soon thereafter.

Quoted passage, from Memoirs of Stonewall Jackson by His Widow, Mary Anna Jackson, page 457.  The book is online, courtesy Google Books.  The original was published in 1895 by Courier-Journal Job Printing Co.

Credits

Clip from Gods and Generals (2003):

Directed by:  Ronald F. Maxwell

Book by:  Jeff Shaara

Screenplay by:  Ronald F. Maxwell

Release Date:  21 February 2003 (U.S.)

Stephen Lang as Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Kali Rocha as Anna Morrison Jackson