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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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 (Union) →
campaign	Chancellorsville campaign →
combatantCommander	Darius N. Couch → George G. Meade → J.E.B. Stuart → Joseph Hooker → Jubal A. Early → Robert E. Lee → Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson →
confederateArmy	Army of Northern Virginia →
confederateCasualtiesAndLosses	approximately 13,000 →
confederateCommander	General Robert E. Lee →
confederateCommanderTitle	Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia →
confederateStrength	about 60,000 soldiers →
conflictIn	American Civil War →
country	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	Virginia theater of operations →
notableEvent	Stonewall Jackson’s flank attack on May 2, 1863 → Union retreat across the Rappahannock River → 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 →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army of Northern Virginia → Stonewall Jackson → Winfield Scott Hancock →	notableBattle
Army of the Potomac ("Chancellorsville Campaign") → Army of the Potomac →	engagedIn
Guinea Station, Virginia →	associatedWithBattle
Oliver Otis Howard →	battle
Robert E. Lee →	battledIn
Thomas Jonathan Jackson →	battleInjuredAt
Battle of Chancellorsville ("Chancellorsville campaign") →	campaign
Battle of Fredericksburg →	followedBy
Spotsylvania County, Virginia →	historicalEvent
Thomas Jonathan Jackson →	notableFor
Stonewall Jackson →	notableWork
Gouverneur Kemble Warren →	participantIn
J.E.B. Stuart →	participatedIn
Battle of Gettysburg →	precededBy
Confederate States Army →	significantBattle
Fredericksburg, Virginia ("Battle of Chancellorsville (nearby)") →	siteOf