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Battle of Chancellorsville

Confederate Commander

Gen. Robert E. Lee

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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

Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker

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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. Lafayette McLaws

Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson

Maj. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill

Maj. Gen. James E. B. Stuart

Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early

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

I Corps

II Corps

Cavalry Corps

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Confederate Official Records

Records 308 - 366

Records 367 - 426

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National Park Service

The Battle of Chancellorsville

The Campaign Begins: April 27-30

Lee Accepts Hooker's Challenge: May 1

Situation: May 1, Night

Jackson's Flank Attack May 2 5-6pm

Situation: May 2, 9pm - midnight

Lee Assails Hooker's Line: May 3, Dawn

The Victorious Chief

Among the Wounded

Sedgwick Storms Marye's Heights: May 3, Morning

The Battle of Salem Church: May 3, 5:30pm

Sedgwick Retreats: May 4

The Union Surgeon at Salem's Church

Hooker's Retreats: May 5-6, Night

Stonewall Jackson's Last Day

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American Battlefield Trust

Chancellorsville

10 Facts: Chancellorsville

Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson

"Like Chaff Before the Wind"

Chancellorsville Virtual Tour

Chancellorsville / May 1, 1863

Chancellorsville / Jackson's Flank Attack / May 2, 1863 / 7-9 pm

The Killing Game

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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

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

Battle of Chancellorsville

The Scapegoats at Chancellorsville

XI Corps Fighting During the Chancellorsville Campaign​

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ThoughtCo

Battle of Chancellorsville

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Civil War Monitor

Chancellorsville

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Essential Civil War Curriculum

Chancellorsville

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Central Virginia Battlefield Trust

Chancellorsville

"Death and Eternity Have Been Brought Very Near To Me."

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Library of Congress Maps

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New York Times Articles

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Harper's Weekly Articles

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Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. John P. Reynolds

Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday

Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch

Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock

Maj. Gen. William H. French

Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles

Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

Maj. Gen. George Sykes

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick

Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard

Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz

Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum

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

I Corps

II Corps

III Corps

V Corps

VI Corps

XI Corps

XII Corps

Cavalry Corps

Artillery

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Union Official Records

Records 1 through 95

Records 96 - 182

Records 183 - 283

Records 284 - 307

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