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Title
Chancellorsville (3rd day of battle)
Description
The battle was fought on May 1st to May 3rd, 1863 in Virginia. This scenario recreates the third day of battle. Joseph Hooker faces Robert E. Lee.
Subject
Publisher
Date
1863-05-03
Scenario#
RB01
Scenario Description
The Battle was fought on May 1st to May 3rd, 1863 in Virginia. This scenario recreates the third day of battle. Joseph Hooker faces Robert E. Lee.
Location
Chancellorsville, Virginia
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
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.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Chancellorsville
Scenario Link
External Link
Combatants
the Confederacy
the Union
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