Battle of Chancellorsville

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major American Civil War engagement in 1863 in Virginia, noted for Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s audacious and tactically brilliant victory over a much larger Union force.

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Battle of Chancellorsville canonical 62
Chancellorsville Campaign 4
Chancellorsville campaign 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lee’s greatest victory ⓘ
associatedDeath death of Stonewall Jackson ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States (Union)
campaign Battle of Chancellorsville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chancellorsville campaign
combatantCommander Darius N. Couch ⓘ
George G. Meade ⓘ
J.E.B. Stuart ⓘ
Joseph Hooker ⓘ
Major General Jubal A. Early ⓘ
surface form: Jubal A. Early

Robert E. Lee ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson ⓘ
surface form: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
confederateArmy Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
confederateCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 13,000 ⓘ
confederateCommander Robert E. Lee ⓘ
surface form: General Robert E. Lee
confederateCommanderTitle Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
confederateStrength about 60,000 soldiers ⓘ
conflictIn American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1863-05-06 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
jacksonDeathDate 1863-05-10 ⓘ
jacksonWoundDate 1863-05-02 ⓘ
location Spotsylvania County, Virginia ⓘ
near Chancellorsville, Virginia ⓘ
militaryTheater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Virginia theater of operations
notableEvent Stonewall Jackson’s flank attack on May 2, 1863 ⓘ
Union retreat across the Rappahannock River ⓘ
Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson ⓘ
surface form: friendly fire wounding of Stonewall Jackson
notedFor Confederate victory against a numerically superior force ⓘ
audacious tactics by Robert E. Lee ⓘ
partOf Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
riverNearby Rapidan River ⓘ
Rappahannock River ⓘ
startDate 1863-04-30 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicOutcome Confederate morale boost ⓘ
Union leadership crisis ⓘ
tacticalSignificance Lee divided his army in the face of a larger enemy ⓘ
terrain dense woodland known as the Wilderness ⓘ
unionArmy Army of the Potomac ⓘ
unionCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 17,000 ⓘ
unionCommander Major General Joseph Hooker ⓘ
unionCommanderTitle Commander of the Army of the Potomac ⓘ
unionStrength about 130,000 soldiers ⓘ

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Robert E. Lee → battledIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson → notableWork → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Oliver Otis Howard → battle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Army of Northern Virginia → notableBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Winfield Scott Hancock → notableBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg → precededBy → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Stonewall → notableBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson
Confederate States Army → significantBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Guinea Station, Virginia → associatedWithBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Fredericksburg → siteOf → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia
this entity surface form: Battle of Chancellorsville (nearby)
Battle of Chancellorsville → campaign → Battle of Chancellorsville self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancellorsville campaign
J.E.B. Stuart → participatedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Army of the Potomac → engagedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancellorsville Campaign
Army of the Potomac → engagedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Thomas → notableFor → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Thomas → battleInjuredAt → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Battle of Fredericksburg → followedBy → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Spotsylvania County, Virginia → historicalEvent → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Gouverneur Kemble Warren → participantIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Eastern Theater of the American Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps → engagement → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
15th Alabama Infantry → battle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
George G. Meade → battle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
44th New York Infantry → engagement → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Gettysburg Campaign → precededBy → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancellorsville Campaign
16th Michigan Infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
XI Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Brigadier General Harry T. Hays → participatedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry T. Hays
II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) → engagedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Colonel Isaac E. Avery → battle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Isaac E. Avery
Major General Jubal A. Early → participatedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Jubal A. Early
A.P. Hill → notableBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Richard S. Ewell → participatedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Union Brigadier General Francis Channing Barlow → notableBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Channing Barlow
Richard H. Anderson → participatedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
1st Massachusetts Cavalry → participatedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Thomas Francis Meagher → battle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Daniel Sickles → battle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
John F. Reynolds → participatedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia → engagement → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Confederate artillery → engagedIn → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson → hasPrecedingEvent → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Death of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson → hasRelatedBattle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson Shrine → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Chancellorsville (aftermath)
National Park Service (through Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park) → significantEvent → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Confederate infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
John Buford → battle → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park → significantEvent → Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ