The Battle At Chancellorsville
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Chancellorsville is considered to be General Robert E. Lee's
greatest victory; his cunning military tactics brought a loss to the North,
defeating General Joseph Hooker's army which was almost twice the size of
his. Dividing his army up several times, he drove the Federal army from the
battlefield ....
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.... at
Richmond. Convinced that Lee would have to retreat, Hooker trusted that his
troops could defeat the Confederates as they tried to escape his trap.
On April 29, Hooker's cavalry and three army corps crossed Kelly's
Ford. His columns split, with the cavalry pushing to the west while the
army corps secured Getmanna and Ely's fords. The next day these columns
reunited at Chancellorsville. Lee reacted to the news of the Federals in
the Wilderness by sending General Richard H. Anderson's ....
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