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Battle of Chancellorsville

Confederate Commander

Gen. Robert E. Lee

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 a Maj. Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson due to friendly fire after doing some reconnaissance

Union Commander

Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker

Forces Engaged: 106,000

Killed: 1,606

Wounded: 9,762

Captured or Missing: 5,919

Total Casualties: 17,287

Confederate Officers

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

Confederate Order of Battle

I Corps

II Corps

Cavalry Corps

Confederate Official Records

Records 308 - 366

Records 367 - 426

Union Officers

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

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

Union Official Records

Records 1 through 95

Records 96 - 182

Records 183 - 283

Records 284 - 307

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