Chancellorsville

Crossing the Rapidan River, Federal infantry under General Hooker concentrated near Chancellorsville on April 30. Combined with a Union force at Fredericksburg, Hooker planned a double envelopment, attacking Confederate General Lee from both his front and rear. On May 1, …

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Crossing the Rapidan River, Federal infantry under General Hooker concentrated near Chancellorsville on April 30. Combined with a Union force at Fredericksburg, Hooker planned a double envelopment, attacking Confederate General Lee from both his front and rear. On May 1, Hooker advanced from Chancellorsville toward Lee, but the Confederate general split his army, leaving a small force at Fredericksburg to deter Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, while he attacked Hooker’s advance. Hooker withdrew to defensive lines around Chancellorsville. On May 2, Lee sent Stonewall Jackson’s corps on a flank march that routed the Union XI Corps. Jackson was wounded by fire from his own men.

Chancellorsville, Virginia

The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg. The campaign pitted Union Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against an army less than half its size, General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

Wikipedia: Battle of Chancellorsville

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