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Because Lee and Jackson were both performing at their best - as an unbeatable team.

The Union commander Hooker had formed a perfectly sound plan, but Lee managed to wrong-foot him, forcing him to fight where he wasn't expecting to. This threw Hooker off-balance, and he was not properly on-guard when Jackson launched a wild attack on his flank.

Hooker might have taken some consolation when Jackson was killed on the second day, and neither Lee nor his army would ever be the same again. Yet it was a resounding defeat for the Union.

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