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Welcome to the Battle of Chancellorsville Homepage. If you are a
serious student of The Civil War, then you've come to the right place.
I offer a detailed account of the battle regarded by many historians
as "Lee's Greatest Victory." You will find a full-length summary of
Chancellorsville, plus a brief analysis of it's strategic impact
on the war.
This battle was unlike any other during the war. This was in part due
to the maneuvering through what seemed to be landscape inpregnable to
maneuver. The mind and methods of Napoleon Bonaparte also played a
pivotal role. Without the lessons of "central position" it is unlikely
that Lee would have chosen to stay and fight. "Fightin'" Joe Hooker's
movement up the Rappahannock River was taken right out of the Corsican's
playbook as well.
It was fought from May 1-5, 1863, and when it was all over, more
than 30,000 Americans were either killed, captured, or wounded at
Chancellorsville. But the loss of one man was irreplaceable to the
Confederacy; Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. His tragic death marked the
beginning of the end for the elite level of commanders in Lee's Army
of Northern Virginia.
Without Marse Robert's stunning victory, Gettysburg never would have
happened. His defeat of Joe Hooker was a stepping-stone for the
invasion of Pennsylvania in late June of 1863.
So sit back and enjoy and watch a great piece of American History
come to life before your very eyes.
| Prelude to Battle: April 1863 |
Movements of the Armies | May 1, 1863 |
Lee steals the initiative | May 2, 1863 |
Jackson's apex | May 2, 1863: continued |
A star has fallen | May 3-5, 1863 |
Lee cleans house | Death of a Titan |
Lee loses his "right arm" | Southern Reign |
Confederate Generals at Chancellorsvile | Northern Avalanche |
Union Generals at Chancellorsville | My Links |
The best on the web | Big D's Opinion Page |
Odds and Ends on the War | Civil War Message Board |
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