Battle of Chancellorsville

Robert E. Lee - with a lot of help from Stomewall Jackson, killed (supposedly by accident) at this battle.

In an nutshell:

1)The outflanking of the Confederate positions' on the Rappahannock by the bulk of the Army of the Potomac crossing the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, followed by the crossing the Rappahannock of Union II Corps at Bank's Ford.

2) Deployment of the aforesaid bulk behind Lee's Army at Chancellorsville.

3) Crossing the Rappahannock by Union VI and I Corps south of Fredericksburg followed by a demonstrative attack on the Confederate right wing there.

The plan aimed to an encirclement of Lee's Army, forcing them fighting on two fronts, outnumbered and doomed of being destroyed or scattered.

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The Battle of Chancellorsville.

Joe Hooker

The Battle of Chancellorsville was in the end, won by the Confederacy tactically but it was a HUGE strategic failure. Because of a friendly fire incident, one of the Confederacy's best generals, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, died of pneumonia through an infected wound. Many historians believe that had Jackson lived, the Confederacy would have won at Gettysburg. Lee would never find a general as brilliant as Jackson again.

The Battle of Chancellorsville, fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, involved approximately 133,000 troops in total. The Union army, led by General Joseph Hooker, had around 104,000 soldiers, while the Confederate forces, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, numbered about 60,000. Despite being outnumbered, Lee's forces achieved a significant victory.

About ten days after the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Confederate's Supreme

Command decided to invade the Pennsylvania via Shenandoah Valley

The motivations were:

take the war the enemy territory's inside;

gain a decisive victory by means of a pitched battle to be fought in a place previously chosen there;

obtain from France and Great Britain the acknowledgement of the Confederacy as independent Nation.

Lee's Army was able to elude the Army of Potomac lined up on the Rappahannock's northern bank and going westward along the route Culpeper, Front Royal, Winchester, crossed the Potomac at Williamsport, entering then in Pennsylvania, outbalancing the Union forces, which, outdistanced, had to run after them up to the preordained Gettysburg heights and plains.

Hooker, buoyed by the great numerical superiority he enjoyed, planned to envelope Lee's much smaller army (Longstreet's corps was elsewhere, and Lee had less than 50,000 men against Hooker's 113,000). He had cavalry patrols searching for rebel movements, and halted his advance until news was forthcoming.

Lee split his army, leaving 10,000 men with General Early to watch General Sedgewick's corps at Fredericksburg. He sent Jackson's corps of 26,000 men on a 12 mile flanking march, while he confronted Hooker's army with less than 15,000 troops.

Around 3 in the afternoon, Jackson's corps burst out of the forest on Hooker's exposed right flank, and drove the federals into a panic rout, the Yankees fleeing and even dropping weapons on the way. Jackson was wounded later that night, and Cavalry commander Jeb Stuart took command.

The two armies grappled again the next day, but Hooker had lost the initiative, and retreated.

The outcome was one of Lee's most magnificent triumphs, being outnumbered as he was.

By mid 1863 the South was facing a shortage of men able to withstand the rigors of war. With the loss of approximately 12000 men in killed, wounded and missing, the Army of Northern Virginia would have difficulty in recovering that loss of manpower. Many of the wounded would eventually return but the over 1500 dead would not. Add to this the loss of one of Lee's ablest generals in the form of Stonewall Jackson, the damage was tremendous and irreparable. One other fact to point out is that the Battle of Gettysburg was exactly 2 months away and one can only wonder "what if" Chancellorsville had not occurred.

Union, commanded by Joseph Hooker, had O.Howard, P.Burnside, Hancock, Meade, and others..Confederate army was commanded By Robert E. Lee, and T.J. Jackson, Jeb Stuart, McLaws, Early, Ewell, Hampton, W.H.F. Lee, others.

The commanding general of the Southern army was General Robert E. Lee.

At Chancellorsville the Army of Northern Virginia(Confederate) commanded by General Robert E. Lee engaged and defeated the Army of the Potomac(Union) commanded by General Joseph Hooker.

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Hooker brought a massive army south, hoping to threaten Richmond or bring Lee to open battle where his vastly numerical superiority would crush the Confederates.

However, Lee sent Jackson's corps on a flank march, which hit Hooker's right flank like a thunderbolt, rolling the Union right up like a wet blanket. Hooker lost his nerve, and retreated.

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The South won in the battle of Chancellorsville.

Death of Stonewall Jackson. Without him, Lee's next battle (Gettysburg) was lost.

With the Confederates occupying Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg, but Stonewall Jackson mortally wounded.

The Battle of Chancellorsville resulted in a Confederate victory, but casualties on both sides were heavy. Also, Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson was mortally wounded in this battle.

Hooker attempted a surprise attack against Lee and Lee's cavalry(Stuart) discovered the movement of most of Hooker's Army. Lee took action to move his troops in order to face and counteract Hooker's plan. The result was a great victory for Lee's Army and another humiliating defeat for the Army of the Potomac.