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Before the actual Battle of Chancellorsville, "Fighting Joe" Hooker had been named by US President Lincoln to replace Ambrose Burnside as the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Hooker's first move to position his army for an upcomong battle was to move it on April 27, 1863 from its camps around Falmouth, Virginia and moving it up the north bank of the Rappahannock River. This was a prelude in an attempt to turn the left flank of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

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