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	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.
		Lee's forces had the Virginia cavalry of Owen and Wickham on the right, and Stuart's and a part of Fitzhugh Lee's on the left.
		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 (1822 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 (2713 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,&StartAt=1 (703 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.
		Colonel [Williams C.] Wickham, with the Fourth Virginia Cavalry and Colonel Owen's regiment, was stationed between the Mine road and the Rappahannock.
		As the rear of the train was passing the furnace, a large force of the enemy advanced from Chancellorsville and attempted its capture.
	www.swcivilwar.com /LeeChancellorsville.html (5643 words)

	Civil War Traveler \| Virginia \| Central
		Chancellorsville battlefield, Spotsylvania County - The visitor center here is located just off Route 3 about 10 miles west of Fredericksburg.
		Highlights are a Confederate flag that flew over the city during the 1862 battle and a gun from the CSS Virginia (Merrimack).
		A Civil War Trails marker outside the museum describes White Oak Church across the road, which was the center of much activity during the Federal "occupation" in the winter of 1862.
	www.civilwar-va.com /virginia/va-central/fredcity.html (1096 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)

	Chancellorsville Battlefield
		On May 3, 1863, During the battle of the Chancellorsville, these Confederate guns forced their Federal counterparts located at Fairview in the distance to retire.
		On May 3, 1863, During the battle of the Chancellorsville, these Federal guns fired on their Rebel counterparts located at Hazel Grove in the distance in an attempt to stem the tide of Gen. J.E.B. Stuarts attack.
		Chancellorsville is not the name of a town.
	www.angelfire.com /va2/ageofmalcolm/chance.html (221 words)

	The Battle of Chancellorsville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		He was promoted to major general and commanded a division in the III Corps of Major General Pope's Army of Virginia.
		Hooker subsequently tasted defeat at Chancellorsville and was relieved of his command.
	www.collectorsnet.com /cwtimes/chancell.htm (697 words)

	Chancellorsville, Virginia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chancellorsville is an unincorporated village in Virginia, about ten 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, which ultimately led to his death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chancellorsville,_Virginia (461 words)

	New lines drawn at Civil War site - theage.com.au
		At the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863, General Robert E. Lee defeated a larger Union army with a series of brilliant manoeuvres that are still studied in military academies.
		This year's Chancellorsville conflict may not be bloody, but it is stirring emotions on both sides.
		At stake is a portion of the battlefield where a developer wants to build a 378-hectare "new community" complete with stores, restaurants, 2350 homes and 222,967 square metres of office space.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/08/27/1030053058223.html (344 words)

	Images of Field and Staff Officers of the 17th CVI
		Walter was killed at Chancellorsville at the Talley house in his first battle with the Seventeenth; the 1st of three Lt. Colonel's to die in action with the regiment.
		Chatfield was conspicuous at Chancellorsville, where he helped to rally the remnants of his regiment.
		Hubbard was appointed Medical Director of the XI Corps prior to the Battle of Chancellorsville, and accompanied the XI and XII Corps when they were transferred to the west after Gettysburg.
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	The Civil War Letters of Jakob Weiss, 107 Ohio Infantry, Co. D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He served until wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 2, 1863.
		He was never heard from again after his capture and it was assumed that he died of his wounds while a prisoner of war.
		Record keepers for the unit presume that Jakob is buried in a mass grave somewhere near Chancellorsville.
	www.shasta.com /suesgoodco/jakob (574 words)

	The 22nd Virginia Battalion (Jackson's Division) Reenactment Group
		Chancellorsville was no doubt one of Lee's greatest victories, and it was for the 22nd Battalion Virginia Infantry.
		Virginia Regiment The entire brigade was inspected between August 9, and 13,1864 while the men were still in the front line's trenches.
		Virginia Battalion-- also known as the City Battalion because it was composed of Richmond men-- and a new commander: General Seth M. Baritone of Fredericksburg.
	www.22ndva.com /history.html (6997 words)

	The Battle of Chancellorsville
		Chancellorsville was the opening major battle of the 1863 military campaign in the east.
		Hooker arrived at Chancellorsville with an overwhelming number of troops and succeeded in deploying them in positions that should have allowed him to crush Lee in a pincer movement.
		When visiting the Chancellorsville battlefield, I was struck by the emotion of our guide as we walked through the area.
	www.romanceeverafter.com /battle_of_chancellorsville.htm (694 words)

	Soldiers - 1st U.S. Volunteer Infantry
		Enlisted in Williamsburg, Virginia on May 20, 1861, with the 1st Regiment, Virginia Artillery later listed as a private in the Richmond Howitzers.
		Levi was born in Yadkin County, resided in Allegheny County; he became Wounded In Action in the hand near the Wilderness, in Virginia on June 1864.
		Resident of Allegheny County and Enlisted at Camp Holmes on October 17, 1862, Was taken POW at Jericho Mills, Virginia on June 23, 1864, sent to Point Lookout, Maryland until released on Enlisted in Company “F”, 1st U.S. Volunteers Infantry.
	www.angelfire.com /wa2/1usvolinfantry/Soldiers.html (1125 words)

	Virginia
		Located at the edge of Virginia's Tidewater midway between Washington and Richmond, Fredericksburg was the haunt of many Revolutionary luminaries.
		He was also the founder of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and was the governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781.
		(5th President from 1817 to 1825) Monroe served in the General Assembly; was twice governor of Virginia; served in Congress as a representative and a Senator; held several diplomatic posts; and served as secretary of war and secretary of state under President James Madison.
	www.homestead.com /misstoni/Virginia.html (2638 words)

	Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park - Battle of Chancellorsville (U.S. National Park Service)
		The Army of Northern Virginia would thus be fractured into three pieces, counting Early's contingent at Fredericksburg, any one of which might be subject to rout or annihilation if the Yankees resumed the offensive.
		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.
		The battle of Chancellorsville was the biggest mismatch of the war.
	www.nps.gov /frsp/chist.htm (3057 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - The Battle of Chancellorsville
		The principle Confederate army facing the Federal Army of the Potomac across the Rhappahanock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia, was the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) under the command of General Robert Edward Lee.
		This is a relatively wide river that stretches across the State of Virginia and empties into the Ocean.
		His right wing, the majority of his army, 65,000 men, was in a fortified position surrounding their line of retreat, U.S. Ford, and their only plan was the hope that the Confederates would attack their fortified line and suffer defeat.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /civilwar/chancellorsville (697 words)

	Lake of the Woods About LOW
		In the 1860's, the whole area south of the Rapidan from Germanna Ford east to a farmhouse and inn known as "Chancellorsville" (at Virginia routes 3 and 610) and south to Catharpin Road just south of the Po River was known as the Wilderness, being covered with a mass of thick woods and dense underbrush.
		While the Battle of Chancellorsville, occurring so nearby, undoubtedly is of considerable interest to property owners at Lake of the Woods, involvement of our immediate area was limited to the passage of a part of the Federal forces along Route 3 to Chancellorsville.
		Lee, of course, was not in a position to press the battle at this stage, on the late afternoon of May 4, 1864, but he did order Ewell to engage the enemy wherever he found them.
	www.lowa.org /cw_history.htm (2672 words)

	Jubal Anderson Early
		He became a member of the Virginia bar in 1840, later serving as prosecutor for both Franklin County and Floyd County, Virginia.
		At Virginia's secessionist convention Early served as a member of the military committee and strived to maintain the Union.
		As word reach Early of Lee's success during the first day of battle at Chancellorsville he was preparing to engage two corps under John Sedgwick that crossed the Rappahanock River on a rapidly constructed pontoon bridge.
	www.blueandgraytrail.com /event/Jubal_Anderson_Early (1655 words)

	West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Andrew O. Apple (12th West Virginia Infantry) served with "conspicuous gallantry" as a color bearer during the assault on Fort Gregg at Petersburg, Virginia, on 2 April 1865.
		Ohio Co. native 2nd Lt. Josiah M. Curtis (12th West Virginia Infantry) retrieved his unit's flag from two fallen color bearers and was one of the first Union soldiers to reach Fort Gregg during an assault on Petersburg, Virginia, on 2 April 1865.
		Joseph McCauslin (12th West Virginia Infantry) served with "conspicuous gallantry" as a color bearer during the assault on Fort Gregg at Petersburg, Virginia, on 2 April 1865.
	www.wvculture.org /history/wvmoh.html (2159 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		Infantry, artillery, cavalry, panic-stricken cattle, accompanied with the shrieks of the wounded and groans of the dying, with a hail of shells from Jackson's guns and serenaded by the rebel yell, with officers cursing in a chaotic state, was an experience I will never forget.
		The First and Third Virginia regiments, no longer recognizing each other, charge upon each other mutually; Stuart's mounted men, generally so brave and so steadfast, no longer obey the orders of their officers, and gallop off in great disorder.
		While the battle was progressing at Chancellorsville, near which point Lee's left rested, his right extended to or near Fredericksburg.
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	The 55th Virginia At Chancellorsville
		So early Monday morning, the last day of August, we started towards the courthouse, but leaving that to our right, came to quite a pretty monument situated in the forks of the road and dedicated to Major-General Sedgwick, of the Federal army, who was killed on that spot during the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse.
		It is there where we filed to the left, and a short distance in the woods is where we formed line of battle.
		And what is left of the 55th Virginia Regiment is commanded by the adjutant and four second lieutenants.
	www.civilwarhome.com /55vachancellorsville.htm (1437 words)

	Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery - The Regulars
		Virginia Volunteer Infantry had already pushed the Yankee horsemen back a mile.
		But when inexperienced Federal troops faltered on the battlefield, or when Union generals botched a battle, as Major General Joseph Hooker did at Chancellorsville, it was often to the professionals of the “Old Army” that they turned.
		In the First Battle of Bull Run, near Manassas Junction, Virginia, on July 21, 1861, the raw and untested Union army was sent scampering back toward Washington.
	www.batteryb.com /regulars2.html (4623 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| America's Civil War \| America's Civil War: XI Corps Fight During the Chancellorsville Campaign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		John Pope's Army of Virginia became the XI Corps of Maj. Gen.
		By May 1, five Federal corps were at or near Chancellorsville in Virginia's Wilderness, an eerie, sparsely populated region of thick second-growth forest.
		After the Southerners clashed with Federals east of Chancellorsville on the afternoon of May 1, the Union commander reasoned that if Lee wanted to continue the fight, he would have to do so on ground chosen by Hooker.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/american_civil_war/3031391.html (1163 words)

	National Geographic MapMachine: Civil War Edition
		Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, continues with the Battle of Salem Church (1863)
		Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia, continues with the fight for the Bloody Angle (1864)
		Virginia citizens vote in favor of secession (1861)
	java.nationalgeographic.com /maps/civilwar/may.html (535 words)

	American Civil War Battle Chancellorsville Virginia
		On May 2 Lee divided his army at Chancellorsville with Jackson taking 26,000 men on a fourteen mile march west and north to hit the Federal right flank.
		It is a history of the army of Northern Virginia from the first shot fired to the surrender at Appomattox - but what makes this book unique is that it is a biography of around 150 Confederate officers.
		Chancellorsville stands not just as a pivotal battle of the Civil War but as the personal war between two warriors - stalking, striking, and counter-striking their way to ultimate victory or defeat.
	www.americancivilwar.com /statepic/va/va032.html (1381 words)

	Chancellorsville Index Page
		Major Brady assumed command of the regiment after Colonel William Noble was seriously wounded and Lt. Colonel Charles Walter was killed in action on May 2nd.
		Post-war view of the Virginia Wilderness in which the battle was fought (from the Library of Congress)
		The regiment lost approximately 120 soldiers from a strength of slightly more than 500 men, many of those being captured as Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's men obliterated the Union right flank on that fateful afternoon.
	home.att.net /~DogSgt/chancellor.html (218 words)

	Gettysburg: The Civil War In Its Third Year
		General Robert E. Lee was not ready to sit idle and wait for the next Union thrust after Chancellorsville.
		Lee's objectives were quite simple: take the war out of Virginia so that the land could recover, a necessary measure to provide relief to farms and farmland devastated by battle and foraging armies, and to gather supplies for his hungry army.
		Despite the loss of "Stonewall" Jackson, the Army of Northern Virginia was never stronger both in manpower and high morale than in the summer of 1863.
	www.scienceviews.com /parks/gettysburgevents.html (1991 words)

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