General Hooker actually got off to a good start, positioning his troops in good order, and outnumbering Lee nearly two to one, was set to smash the Confederates. But, Lee sent Jackson's corps on a flank march, and Hooker ignored reports off their movements. Hooker seemed unsure on what to do when confronted by the rebel army, and Jackson hit his right and rolled it up, leading to his defeat. Mostly, the battle had shown the domination of one man over another, Hooker was no match for Lee.
He actually got off to a good start, positioning his troops in good order, and outnumbering Lee nearly two to one, was set to smash the Confederates. But, Lee sent Jackson's corps on a flank march, and Hooker ignored reports off their movements. Hooker seemed unsure on what to do when confronted by the rebel army, and Jackson hit his right and rolled it up, leading to his defeat. Mostly, the battle had shown the domination of one man over another, Hooker was no match for Lee.
Joe Hooker
When Stonewall Jackson was wounded at Chancellorsville, General Lee replaced him with JEB Stuart.Stuart helped to rout the Union army under General Hooker.
Union - General Joseph Hooker Confederate - General Robert E. Lee, in his last team-partnership with Stonewall Jackson, mortally wounded here.
General "Fighting Joe" Hooker had failed at the Battle of Chancellorsville, despite a huge troop advantage. President Lincoln decided to replace him with Major General George Meade as Confederates began to cross the Potomac River in 1863.
Robert E. Lee - he commanded that army, both before and after Chancellorsville, starting in the Peninsula Campaign, when he replaced the badly-wounded Joe Johnston, and ending with his surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox. Chancellorsville is regarded as his greatest victory - but really it was the triumph of the Lee-Jackson partnership. Jackson was killed at this battle, and neither Lee nor his army was ever the same again. Lee's health seems to have started to fail just at this time (he was not feeling well at the next battle, Gettysburg) and this may have been psychosomatic, as though he realized, on one level, that the glory days were over.
Joseph Hooker.
Joe Hooker
Joseph Hooker.
Joseph Hooker.
Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker
At the battle of Chancellorsville, it was General Robert E. Lee for the Confederacy and Joseph Hooker for the Union.
General Joseph Hooker (Union)
Lee defeated Hooker at Chancellorsville.
Major General Joe "Fighting Joe" Hooker was the commander of the Federal Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville.
The Battle of Chancellorsville.
Chancellorsville