Canal Walk presents four hundred years of Richmond history with a 1.25 mile path
through downtown Richmond along the banks of the Haxall Canal and the
James River and Kanawha Canal.
Monuments
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A statue of the famous Confederate General on Monument Ave, Thomas
“Stonewall” Jackson. He earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull
Run by Brig. Gen. Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr., who called out either
“Look at Jackson standing there like a damned stone wall!” in anger at
Jackson’s lack of an attempt to help Bee or “There is Jackson standing
like a stone wall.” in an attempt to rally his troops back into lines.