APRIL 30, 1863:
The
Battle of Chancellorsville (Day One):
Chancellorsville is a crossroads in Virginia, where stood, in the 19th Century, the Chancellor Inn, owned by the Chancellor family. This lost crossroads became the locus of one of the most complex, bloody, brutal, costly, and major battles of the Civil War.
The Battle of Chancellorsville had its genesis on April 27th, when Major General Joseph Hooker U.S.A. led three army corps on a campaign to turn the Confederate left flank by crossing the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers above Fredericksburg, Virginia, and circling around the Confederate army. The Federals concentrated most of their 135,000 men near the small hamlet of Chancellorsville on April 30th. A smaller force remained near Fredericksburg, both to take the town and to act as reserve. The first engagements began on this day.
Chancellorsville is a crossroads in Virginia, where stood, in the 19th Century, the Chancellor Inn, owned by the Chancellor family. This lost crossroads became the locus of one of the most complex, bloody, brutal, costly, and major battles of the Civil War.
The Battle of Chancellorsville had its genesis on April 27th, when Major General Joseph Hooker U.S.A. led three army corps on a campaign to turn the Confederate left flank by crossing the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers above Fredericksburg, Virginia, and circling around the Confederate army. The Federals concentrated most of their 135,000 men near the small hamlet of Chancellorsville on April 30th. A smaller force remained near Fredericksburg, both to take the town and to act as reserve. The first engagements began on this day.
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