He felt this was the final chance for total victory and an end to the war.
General Lee responded by having another shot at invading the North, which came to grief at Gettysburg.
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The commanding general of the Southern army was General Robert E. Lee.
When Stonewall Jackson was wounded at Chancellorsville, General Lee replaced him with JEB Stuart.Stuart helped to rout the Union army under General Hooker.
There were many big battles in the Civil War, including: The Battle of Chancellorsville The Battle of Fredericksburg The Siege of Vicksburg But the most important battle of the Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 - 3, 1863. The first battle that General Robert E. Lee lost.
He felt this was the final chance for total victory and an end to the war.
During the Confederate invasion of Maryland which led to Battle of Antietam: Major General George Brinton McClellan. During the Battle of Fredericksburg - Major General Ambrose Burnside. During the Battle of Chancellorsville : Major General Joseph Hooker. During the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania and the Battle of Gettysburg: Major General George Meade. During the Overland Campaign up to Appomattox,: Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
Union General Kenner Garrard graduated from West Point in 1851. He was ranked eighth in his class. Garrard served in major battles in the Eastern Theater. This included the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
The command of the Federal Army of the Potomac went to Major General Joseph Hooker after Fredericksburg.
His major victories include: -Seven Days Battles June 25- July 1, 1862 -Battle of Fredericksburg December 11-15, 1862 -Battle of Chancellorsville April 30- May 6, 1863 -Battle of Cold Harbor May 31 - June 12, 1864
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a dramatic victory for the Confederacy. Against heavy odds, Confederate General Robert E. Lee beat Union General Joseph Hooker. The battle was in Virginia and ended on May 6, 1863. It paved the way for Lee's invasion raid on Pennsylvania late in June 1863.
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Commanding Generals at Chancellorsville were: Robert E. Lee-Confederate. Joseph Hooker- Union.
Fredericksburg, in Virginia. December, 1862.
Union General Joseph Hooker had enough troops to win the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. His basic plan was to strike at Confederate General Lee's rear while he was still in position near Fredericksburg. Hooker envisioned a formal set piece battle with reversed fronts. Hooker underestimated Lee's brilliant tactics and suffered a defeat. Clearly this was part of the reason he was replaced as the commander of the Army of the Potomac.