Stonewall Jackson High School (Kanawha County, West Virginia)
Stonewall Jackson High School is a former high school in Kanawha County, West Virginia. It opened in 1940 and closed in 1989. It was located on the West Side in Charleston, West Virginia. In 1989, Stonewall Jackson High School and Charleston High School consolidated to become Capital High School. It is now a middle school.
It is named after the Civil War general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
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