Bested by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, Union Gen. Joseph Hooker orders his Army of the Potomac to retreat across the Rappahannock River. The withdrawal continues until the morrow, but the Battle of Chancellorsville is effectively over today. Hooker’s retreat takes Lee by surprise, as he had planned another assault upon the…
The Battle of Chancellorsville (Virginia) continues. Having driven federal forces out of Chancellorsville, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee takes a quick respite only to learn that Union Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick has broken through at Fredericksburg and is marching on his rear. Thus the battle soon resumes. Caught in the middle of the action today…
During this second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia again outflanks and outfights Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker‘s Army of the Potomac, a force twice the size of Lee’s. Yet this otherwise victorious day for the South ends badly when Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, daring military…