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f T ! Aim fi J ' 3 H ,:g,q,,,3a,,j..W,, Q., ,,,, Battle of The Battle of Chancellorsville was fought from 1-4 May 1863, be- tween the Federal Army of the Potomac, General Joseph Hooker commanding, and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, Gen- eral Robert E. Lee commanding. Both armies had wintered around Fredericksburg, Virginia, after the disastrous Federal defeat near the town in December 1862. Fron- tal assault having failed under General Ambrose E. Burnside, General Hooker would try a flank maneuver. He would lead a size- able portion of his 130,000 man army up the north side of the Rappahannock River to cross behind General Lee and jeopard- ize the positions of the Southern- ers near Fredericksburg. On May lst, the battle flared into action west of Fredericksburg as General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson moved toward Chancel- lorsville on two separate roads. General Hooker committed the fatal blunder of retreating under General J ackson's pressure, thus losing the initiative and giving his Chancellorsville opponents the chance to attack his Weak spots. Early the next morn- ing in a bold move to cut around the Union Army, General Jackson marched West with nearly 30,000 men, leaving General Lee with only 15,000 troops to face General Hooker's main threat. By late afternoon General Jackson had his entire force hehind General Hooker's army, and he Was able to launch an J ,nh offensive and destroying General Hooker's army. With total success at hand, tragic circumstances intervened. As the General rode back toward his own men, some of them fired a blind volley which badly Wounded him. He died a week later at Guiney Station, Virginia, as a result of his wounds and of the pneumonia which sub- sequently developed. The loss of overwhelm- f . . -E-17 2, . -L, .A 'Q-733 ing surprise fi . U attack which ' A Caved in the f 1 ff' . 1 -. , .c -4 .e Q ,0??f,,-eww- .. , 'rg Federal line a.,j g-QL, -' , ,t, g 'a?s 1 'Q 'rg ,fs . lnfy , -. 4 - 5:39419-y g!'1,ilL:tic. F-4-.f W -1 - 1, for 2.5 miles. -1 gays - -. - 3: 4 ima- 5 - is ' r . .fs 5 - ' 1 -. t ,- -- N . ,- Aff:-H' 1-'-f- i',g., - A ?'-5 When con- ft fg- fusion and A' J? ' . ' w 1- ,. ', .lj'..,f 'rs '7 f': 7,1-4:1-:Q-, I darkness fin- f ..f a a- ighgf . J - .-'15, I-.:-: . ' ,V y ang I yf,--.1 HL- v '--in .,. ally brought ,- 51? ,nfl 41.-w?f,f'M'fp2-11. , . an-sv ffm. -.,.a4 5. - 1 V f , ff.-Q4-f - r27?.:f'qi + y y! .'-iff, WA, gf- pr- the attack to . I-1 -vffiegggg it - I ,, ,' ,:f7','fi,f - A f a hair Gen- ' Q ' ff' 1 if 'f ' ' Ts, -f ' if az... 2-.. 1 eral Jackson a t K ' J 1,52 W V.-4' M Q , mj4f':j--Ji gga 6 . rode out in 'w i' f21Xf:,f'.x-ff fi' front of his line to find a means of renewing the On the afternoon of May 2, General Jackson's Confeder- ates, shouting the Rebel yell, stormed the Federal breastworks on the Plank Road west of Chancel- lorsville. The echoes of that wild scream, wrote a Con- federate captain, swept the country for miles. .- . -14...-.- '.fn...4wn I. . . ,wi . , . V . ,g-...... .a- -. .
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A. -.f..., Q V -'..- M .., Y ' Y 5 ' MP.iS'sa..ff::e.,j Q 'Ir 'ff iz 'if' General Jackson dealt a I , , 'S ' Hifi' crushing and irreparable . V L G 'A blow to the military , o, ll-e b gf .,.g u fe :- c , 2 S' ' ff10miHe0fMay 3rd, ' -I b'.l 7 Ile 9.i'.L.i1 it 1 : WMM Southern troops charged - -T Q ' ' 5334.215 t 2 against the fortified - ' A gig, gil? -fi, - T ' iylzg Pl '5 Federal lines one me G virgo. it e , Lf west of Chancellorsville. Q. 1: , Z' ,7 H f- ' A Confederate forces cap- A U lx ' im . l - 1 D L 13 'ff j QQ l R- ,J - tured the key to the 7- T 7,6 1 3 ' A Q-hx A x 1 5 battlefield at the outset, fe- Sf' - l,f',,4j.73 I 3 ' . Y 'A' 'bij' r when they occupied the ,a f q flliif I, v ii i'-QQ ' high known as st l H HaZe1 The Feder- .' v'f-it .tac , - fe ., ' a als abandoned this vital position with hardly a struggle. After several Staying General Jackson's advance, Saturday evening, May 2 with artillery placed across the Plank Road. hours of violent and Costly fight- General Hooker back to a new Rappahannock River at Bank's ing in the Woods, Confederate position a mile I101'tl1 of Chancel- FOI'd. infantry joined hands with their lorsville. During the night of May 4th- comrades to the east and drove Meanwhile, the Union troops at 5th, as General Sedgwick was Fredericksburg hastily crossing the river, General Ag X ' ' W 'G ' W under General Hooker, safe in a snug retreat , gs ivwgf-,355 M8553 John Sedgwick north of Chancellorsville, called a if , , Q had pushed meeting of his corps commanders. Fig Af ,se of through the In a feeble explanation for his , ' - 0' Qi wiiftewlexeie 'X thin Confeder- actions, General Hooker told them Y -, V v M K 'xo . ate lines en- that his main responsibility was ,E 55 5 W I Q I :fig . trenched there. to protect Washington, and that V 5' vb 557 gi? . 5' General Lei: d therefcare hshhad no rghtdto I .4 i ' i , ,.,, F . mmm: 3 ' was compe e Jeopar ize e army. e en liHT.22'Q1M 53L,,'5l ' ' to halt his vic- wanted to know if the corps com- oQ::X,,5Wl',. . g -.ff I1 ,c'E,,,,,m,,,, . torious army manders would vote to stay and .wifi , .T ' 'ij 5 I 1 ' qs, Ago , HM, near Chancel- fight, or retreat across the river. Q. V 4 55 2' ig A ' ,,j.'52'f5!v ' fl 0 wl ,I Q lorsville and Although a majority voted to stay ' A A , agllgggish'-' send substan- and fight, General Hooker took I, ,' 'Q5gY'gg'?cf ' -, RQ tial reinforce- upon himself the responsibility of .p i-Ti. 1' fi, f Q- ffl f ments east withdrawing the army to the V T L 5--:L ' ' toward Freder- other side of the river. l ,-fl' f i, , icksburg. After General Lee's great victory had Kg ft?-iw Ti 0 me l extensive one very strong noteworthy effect: y V bg . V' V , V-ii , 0 fighting near It removed any lingering objection 'JHZIYZ M 4 A l Salem Church on the part of the Richmond ' ' '- My -3 V on May 3rd administration to his proposed K II WI ' V - , - - 3153: ' c ef 'ia-l 1, Y and 4th, Gen- eral Sedgwick was thrown back across the invasion of Pennsylvania. Thus, the battle of Chancellorsville led directly to Gettysburg, the turn- ing point of the war.
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