Battle of Chancellorsville
by Robert Knox Sneden
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Battle of Chancellorsville
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Robert Knox Sneden
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Battle of Chancellorsville Virginia : 2nd & 3rd May 1863.. As part of Gen. Hooker's plan to drive the Confederate Army back toward Richmond, Gen. Sedgwick was to undertake a diversionary attack across the Rappahannock River toward the Confederate entrenchments above Fredericksburg. On May 3rd, having started late and after meeting tougher opposition than anticipated, he did finally succeed in overrunning Marie's Heights and moved to reinforce Hooper's troops camped outside Chancellorsville in an area known as the Wilderness.
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