Battle of Chancellorsville
Confederate Commander
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Forces Engaged: 133,368
Killed: 1,649
Wounded: 9,106
Captured or Missing: 12,463
Total Casualties: 23,218
April 30 - May 6, 1863
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Confederate Victory
Confederates lost Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson due to friendly fire after doing some reconnaissance
Union Commander
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Forces Engaged: 106,000
Killed: 1,606
Wounded: 9,762
Captured or Missing: 5,919
Total Casualties: 17,287
Confederate Officers
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Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson
Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw
Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes
Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton
Brig. Gen. William Barksdale
Brig. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox
Brig. Gen. William Mahone
Brig. Gen. A. R. Wright
Brig. Gen. Carnot Posey
Brig. Gen. E. A. Perry
Brig. Gen. Henry Heth
Brig. Gen. E. L. Thomas
Brig. Gen. James H. Lane
Brig. Gen. J. J. Archer
Brig. Gen. W. D. Pender
Brig. Gen. R. E. Rhodes
Brig. Gen. George Doles
Brig. Gen. A. H. Colquitt
Brig. Gen. Alfred Iverson
Brig. Gen. S. D. Ramseur
Brig. Gen. R. E. Colston
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Confederate Order of Battle
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Confederate Official Records
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National Park Service
The Battle of Chancellorsville
The Campaign Begins: April 27-30
Lee Accepts Hooker's Challenge: May 1
Jackson's Flank Attack May 2 5-6pm
Situation: May 2, 9pm - midnight
Lee Assails Hooker's Line: May 3, Dawn
Sedgwick Storms Marye's Heights: May 3, Morning
The Battle of Salem Church: May 3, 5:30pm
The Union Surgeon at Salem's Church
Hooker's Retreats: May 5-6, Night
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American Battlefield Trust
Chancellorsville / May 1, 1863
Chancellorsville / Jackson's Flank Attack / May 2, 1863 / 7-9 pm
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Warfare History Network
"Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle," a History by General Edward J. Stackpole
The Battle of Chancellorsville and the Death of Stonewall Jackson
The Battle of Chancellorsville: A Perfect by Flawed Campaign
The Irish Rifles at the Battle of Chancellorsville
What Makes the Battle of Chancellorsville Both Glorious and Tragic
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American History Central
Battle of Chancellorsville Facts, Details and Timeline
Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory in the Civil War - Lee Triumphant at Chancellorsville
Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory in the Civil War - Jackson's Flank Attack and Jackson Wounded
Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory in the Civil War - Prelude to the Battle of Chancellorsville
Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory in the Civil War - The Battle of Chancellorsville Begins
Robert E. Lee's Greatest Victory in the Civil War - Hooker Retreats from Chancellorsville
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Emerging Civil War
Shaping Chancellorsville: How Memories of the Battle Shaped the Battlefield
A Thousand Words a Battle: Chancellorsville
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HistoryArmy.mil
The Chancellorsville Campaign January-May 1863
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HistoryNet
The Scapegoats at Chancellorsville
XI Corps Fighting During the Chancellorsville Campaign​
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ThoughtCo
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Civil War Monitor
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Essential Civil War Curriculum
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Central Virginia Battlefield Trust
"Death and Eternity Have Been Brought Very Near To Me."
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Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch
Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles
Maj. Gen. George Sykes
Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick
Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard
Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz
Brig. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren
Brig. Gen. Henry W. Benham
Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt
Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler
Brig. Gen. Gabriel R. Paul
Brig. Gen. Solomon Meredith
Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley
Brig. Gen. John C. Caldwell
Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher
Brig. Gen. John Gibbon
Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen
Brig. Gen. David B. Birney
Brig. Gen. Charles K. Grantham
Brig. Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward
Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Carr
Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Revere
Brig. Gen. James Barnes
Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres
Brig. Gen. Erastus B. Tyler
Brig. Gen. William T. H. Brooks
Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett
Brig. Gen. David A. Russell
Brig. Gen. Albion P. Howe
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill
Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton
Brig. Gen. Charles Devins, Jr.
Brig. Gen. Nathaniel C. McLean
Brig. Gen. Adolph von Stunwehr
Brig. Gen. Alexander Schimmelfenng
Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams
Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Knipe
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger
Brig. Gen. John W. Geary
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Kane
Brig. Gen. George S. Grane
Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton
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Union Order of Battle
General Staff and Headquarters
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Union Official Records
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