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	Chancellorsville Battlefield
		Chancellorsville A good summary of the Battle of Chancellorsville with links to biographies of key participants.
		The Battle of Chancellorsville Robert K. Krick, our former Chief Historian, has written a series of articles on the Battle of Chancellorsville that are being published in the local newspaper.
		Chancellorsville A good website of links to information about the Battle of Chancellorsville including the Order of Battle.
	www.nps.gov /frsp/cville.htm (597 words)

	Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park - Battle of Chancellorsville (U.S. National Park Service)
		Confederate leadership during the Chancellorsville Campaign may represent the finest generalship of the Civil War, but the luster of "Lee's greatest victory" tarnishes upon examination of the battle's tangible results.
		Finally, Lee's triumph at Chancellorsville imbued him with the belief that his army was invincible.
		The battle of Chancellorsville was the biggest mismatch of the war.
	www.nps.gov /frsp/chist.htm (3057 words)

	The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1-4, 1863
		The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia from May 1 to May 4, 1863 by David Cliffel
		The battle of Chancellorsville has been called Lee's Greatest Triumph, and rightly so.
		The order of battle for each of the scenarios can be taken from the listing of the troops available in each scenario, (feel free to keep a running count of losses in a multigame campaign over the course of the four days).
	www.unc.edu /~cliffel/miniatures/chan.html (358 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, fought near the village of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, from April 30 to May 6, 1863.
		The Chancellorsville campaign began with the crossing of the Rappahannock River by the Union army on the morning of April 27, 1863.
		Lafayette McLaws arrived from Chancellorsville late in the afternoon and joined Wilcox at Salem Church, four miles (6 km) west of Fredericksburg, and the combined Confederate force halted Sedgwick's march to Chancellorsville.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Battle_of_Chancellorsville (2673 words)

	Battle of Chancellorsville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863.
		The Chancellorsville campaign began with the crossing of the Rappahannock River by the Union army on the morning of April 27, 1863.
		The Battle of Chancellorsville, along with the May, 1864, Battle of the Wilderness fought nearby, formed the basis for Stephen Crane's 1895 novel The Red Badge of Courage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville (2702 words)

	Chancellorsville, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chancellorsville is an unincorporated village in Virginia, about twenty miles west of Fredericksburg.
		The American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville occurred there, and the Wilderness is generally considered part of the village and its surrounding area.
		Chancellorsville was also where General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was wounded by friendly fire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chancellorsville (140 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Chancellorsville,
		In May 1863 near Chancellorsville, Va., the Union army in Virginia, led by Joseph Hooker, attempted to encircle and destroy the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by Robert E. Lee.
		A contest of contrasts: the principle of dislocation and the artillery fight at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
		Remarkable Victory at Chancellorsville Battlefield; In a Dramatic Turnaround, the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors Votes 6-to-0 Against Rezoning of Historic Mullins Farm.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Chancellorsville, (711 words)

	Battle of Chancellorsville
		These troops reached Chancellorsville, in a region known as "The Wilderness," on the evening of April 30, 1863, when Hooker expected to see Lee, conscious of danger, fly towards Richmond.
		Banks's Ford, which Lee had strenuously sought to cover, was now virtually in possession of the Nationals, and the distance between Sedgwick, opposite Fredericksburg, and the army at Chancellorsville was shortened at least 12 miles.
		Sedgwick, leaving Gibbon in command at Fredericksburg, marched for Chancellorsville, when Lee was compelled to divide his army to meet this new peril.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/battle-chancellorsville.htm (1789 words)

	Robert E. Lee's Report of the Chancellorsville Campaign.
		On the night of the 29th, General Anderson was directed to proceed toward Chancellorsville, and dispose Wright's brigade and the troops from the Bark Mill Ford to cover these roads.
		As the rear of the train was passing the furnace, a large force of the enemy advanced from Chancellorsville and attempted its capture.
		This attack was gallantly met and repulsed by the Eighteenth and Twenty-eighth and a portion of the Thirty-third North Carolina Regiments, Lane's brigade.
	www.swcivilwar.com /LeeChancellorsville.html (5643 words)

	USS Chancellorsville Assists Stranded Fishermen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chancellorsville, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser is part of the Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group (CSG), on a routine deployment in the Seventh Fleet Area of Responsibility.
		Chancellorsville transferred responsibility for the disabled vessel to the Indonesian navy and immediately returned to the USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Strike Group, operating in the vicinity.
		Chancellorsville is a Ticonderoga-class cruiser serving as part of Carrier Group 5, the Kitty Hawk Strike Group, in the Forward Deployed Naval Forces operating from Yokosuka, Japan.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=13164 (489 words)

	The Battle: Chancellorsville
		Chancellorsville, the first major engagement of 1863, was fought in Northern Virginia near the Rappahannock during the heavy rains of early spring.
		Crane's power as a writer is evident in his skilfull employment of the facts of Chancellorsville for his own fictional purposes, and there are of course some very important thematic reasons for Crane's use of this particular battle.
		Chancellorsville was the first battle of 1863, as well as the first combat experience for many of the green Union recruits.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/CRANE/chancellorsville/section2.html (2470 words)

	USS Chancellorsville (CG 62)
		USS Chancellorsville's primary mission is to operate with aircraft carrier battle groups or as part of surface action groups in extreme threat environments well into the 21st century.
		On 26 June 1993, the Chancellorsville launched strikes on the Iraqi Intelligence Center in Baghdad with nine Tomahawk missiles in retaliation for the aborted assassination attempt on former President Bush.
		The Battle of Chancellorsville was fought from 1-4 May 1863, between the Federal Army of the Potomac, General Joseph Hooker commanding, and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee commanding.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-62.htm (1691 words)

	Chancellorsville Battlefield, VA and Stonewall Jackson's Arm
		The battle of Chancellorsville was to be the final battle for not only “Stonewall” Jackson but for many others as well.
		Today the park offers a peaceful haven but on May 3, 1863, in only 5 hours of combat, more than 17,500 soldiers were killed, wounded or captured – another grim reminder of the horrible casualties of war and the remarkable capability the land has to heal itself.
		Directions: Chancellorsville Battlefield Visitor Center is located twelve miles west of Fredericksburg on Route 3.
	www.virginiawind.com /virginia_travel/chancellorsville_battlefield.asp (662 words)

	Chancellorsville: Then and Now (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chancellorsville, in May 1863, has always been the most studied of these battles and is usually understood to be the most important.
		Chancellorsville, 1863: The Souls of the Brave by Ernest B. Ferguson.
		When the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park was established in the 1920s no one anticipated the enormous growth of population that came to the region in the 1980s and 1990s.
	www.answerpoint.org /columns2.asp?column_id=752&column_type=feature (640 words)

	Amazon.fr : Chancellorsville: Livres en anglais: Stephen W. Sears (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many Civil War buffs have called the battle of Chancellorsville Robert E. Lee's greatest victory; Stephen W. Sears doesn't necessarily agree, and in this painstakingly researched book, he offers ample evidence that Lee had luck on his side in the battle.
		Chancellorsville was one of the Civil War's pivotal campaigns, a great victory for the South that, however, led directly to the death of top Confederate general Stonewall Jackson.
		A model campaign study, Sears's account of Chancellorsville is likely to remain the standard for years to come.
	www.amazon.fr /Chancellorsville-Stephen-W-Sears/dp/039587744X (563 words)

	Chancellorsville timeline
		Known as "Chancellorsville," the landmark is simply a large, brick Georgian-style structure with attached wings.
		1846--A traveler describes Chancellorsville as "one of the most celebrated houses in Virginia." The tavern operates through 1852, and rooms are rented on a long-term basis as late as 1859.
		May 4, 1910--The second Chancellorsville house is purchased by A.J. Rowley from the William Wyeth family.
	fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2003/082003/08022003/1052070/printer_friendly (553 words)

	Over Chancellorsville Growth, a Less-Than-Civil War (washingtonpost.com) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Preservation groups are outraged, having led the fight in March to defeat a housing and retail project that would have brought 2,000 houses and 1.2 million square feet of commercial space to Spotsylvania, which has about 100,000 residents and is the country's 13th-fastest-growing county.
		Mullins Farm is considered part of the Chancellorsville Battlefield, but preservationists have disagreed with Mullins and developers over how much of his land should be preserved and what any potential projects should look like.
		Chancellorsville was a pivotal Civil War battle, and the Mullins Farm is on the "most endangered" lists of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Civil War Preservation Trust -- two national advocacy groups that have become involved in this region's growth debates.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A60450-2003May30¬Found=true (934 words)

	Chancellorsville Gives Generously During CFC
		“The crew of USS Chancellorsville continues to amaze me. The Job they do is very difficult and requires dedication, professionalism and self-sacrifice, and yet they always seem to rise to the occasion to help those who need it most," he said.
		Chancellorsville’s total contributions this year earned her a Bronze Award from CFC for achieving an average gift of almost $90 per potential contributor and more than 40 percent unit participation.
		Chancellorsville is assigned to Carrier Strike Group 5 and operates out of Yokosuka, Japan.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,82579,00.html (321 words)

	NPCA \| The Second Battle of Chancellorsville
		Nearly 240 years after the first battle, a coalition of preservation groups and citizens is fighting to protect Chancellorsville Battlefield from a proposed 2,350-house residential and commercial development on 788 acres of farmland adjacent to the park's boundary.
		Chancellorsville Battlefield is one of four major battlefields contained within Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, located about 50 miles south of Washington, D.C. Dogwood Development hopes to build a community at Chancellorsville, in which its residents can live, work, shop, and play.
		A public opinion poll commissioned by the Coalition to Save Chancellorsville Battlefield, to which NPCA belongs, revealed that 66 percent of polled Spotsylvania County voters oppose the development.
	www.npca.org /magazine/2002/november_december/news7.html (590 words)

	The Battle of Chancellorsville (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By dividing his forces and sending part of them through a densely wooded area toward Chancellorsville, he was able to flank his Union foes to release his Confederate troops from the pincer that Hooker had created.
		Lee gave command of the troops at Chancellorsville to Stuart after the wounding of Stonewall Jackson and A.P. Hill.
		Hooker subsequently tasted defeat at Chancellorsville and was relieved of his command.
	www.collectorsnet.com /cwtimes/chancell.htm (697 words)

	The Battle of Chancellorsville (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Chancellorsville provides several examples of how space assets can help an intelligent commander but are of little value to an incompetent leader.
		The Battle of Chancellorsville was fought during the Chancellorsville Campaign between 1 and 4 May 1863.
		The Battle of Chancellorsville ranks as one of the south's greatest victories, but it is an empty one.
	www.space.edu /LibraryResearch/battles/carpenter.htm (3052 words)

	USS Chancellorsville (CG 62)
		CHANCELLORSVILLE deployed from 19 February 1993 to 19 August 1993 to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf as part of the NIMITZ Battle Group.
		On 26 June 1993, CHANCELLORSVILLE launched strikes on the Iraqi Intelligence Center in Baghdad with nine Tomahawk missiles in retaliation for the aborted assassination attempt on former President Bush.
		In September 2006, the USS SHILOH (CG 67) relieved the CHANCELLORSVILLE as a forward deployed naval unit in Yokosuka, Japan, and the CHANCELLORSVILLE sailed for her new homeport of San Diego, Calif.
	navysite.de /cg/cg62.html (1691 words)

	The Battle of Chancellorsville
		The Battle of Chancellorsville began with the Army of the Potomac, under Maj. Gen.
		The Union and Confederate troops clashed on the Chancellorsville front, with some Union forces actually pushing their way out of the impenetrable thickets and scrub pine in the area.
		By the afternoon, the Confederates had captured Chancellorsville, and Hooker withdrew his army a mile and entrenched in a defensive "U" with his back to the river at United States Ford, their last remaining line of retreat.
	www.mycivilwar.com /battles/630430c.htm (2313 words)

	Chancellorsville (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chancellorsville, I and II Chancellorsville, I 23 April 26-May 1, 1863
		By April 29th 70,000 Union soldiers were camped near the town of Chancellorsville (3).
		On the morning of May 1st, at Chancellorsville, Hooker sent five corps eastward through The Wilderness.
	home.comcast.net /~glennwatson550/stories/chan1and2.html (941 words)

	Amazon.com: Chancellorsville: Books: Stephen W. Sears (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chancellorsville was one of the Civil War's pivotal campaigns, a great victory for the South that, however, led directly to the death of top Confederate general Stonewall Jackson.
		Too often, the battle of Chancellorsville has been viewed as merely another of a series of humiliating defeats for the Army of the Potomac at the hands of RE Lee, and that the battle was further evidence of Lee's tactical genius triumphing over the bumbling leadership of his Union counterparts.
		Lee's unconventional division of his forces is the one element of Chancellorsville that one always hears about, but what is often not emphasized is that Lee was forced to these desperate measures by Hooker's superior maneuvers.
	www.amazon.com /Chancellorsville-Stephen-W-Sears/dp/039587744X (3183 words)

	Schulers Books (The Campaign of Chancellorsville - 1/39) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		And, inasmuch as these words strike, as it were, the keynote of all the statements which Hooker has vouchsafed with reference to these events, they might be assumed fairly to open the door to unsparing criticism.
		There is, moreover, no work on Chancellorsville which results from research into all records now accessible.
		The work of Allan and Hotchkiss, of 1867, than which nothing can be more even-handed, or more admirable as far as it goes, adopts generally the statements made in the reports of the Confederate generals: and these are necessarily one-sided; reports of general officers concerning their own operations invariably are.
	www.schulers.com /books/th/c/The_Campaign_of_Chancellorsville (954 words)

	Chancellorsville, battle of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Late in Apr., 1863, Joseph Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, moved against Robert E. Lee, whose Army of Northern Virginia (less than half the size of Hooker’s) had remained entrenched on the south side of the Rappahannock River after the battle of Fredericksburg.
		Lee attacked on May 2: T. (Stonewall) Jackson led his 2d Corps on a brilliant 15-mi (24-km) flanking movement against the Union right, while Lee, with his small remaining force, feinted along the rest of the line.
		Chancellorsville, Lee’s last great victory, led to his invasion of the North in the Gettysburg campaign.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ch/ChancellBat.html (350 words)

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