THE BATTLE OF

CHANCELLORSVILLE

VS.

KEY UNION COMMANDERS

Maj. Gen.Joseph Hooker

Maj. GenJohn F. Reynolds

Maj. Gen.Darius N. Couch

KEY CONFEDERATE COMMANDERS

Gen.Robert E. Lee

Lt. Gen.Stonewall Jackson

Maj. Gen.A.P. Hill

WHAT HAPPENED ?

How it all started……

The north had lost a battle at Fredricksburg a year ago and were trying to sneak up on the south with a surprise attack.

Gen. Lee found out about this plan just in time to send most of his army to intercept the northern army.

They met at a town called Chancellorsville. The land was full of trees and bushes and so it was very hard to tell where everybody was.

Lee sent General Stonewall Jackson to attack the northern army from the other- side.

This "flank" attack is still considered one of the most brilliant attacks in military history. It worked. Jackson ran into the right side of the northern army and pushed them back.

WHAT HAPPENED ?

When the night finally came Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men thinking that he was a spy from the Union Army.

The Confederates won this battle because of the smart thinking of Robert E. Lee

FAST FACTS

NORTH SOUTH

133,868 60,892

1,606 KILLED 1,665 KILLED

9,672 WOUNED 9,081 WOUNED

5,919 CAPTURED 2,018 CAPTURED

SOURCES

• USA FLAG PICTURE - http://www.loeser.us/flags/civil.html

• CONFEDERATE FLAG PICTURE - http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/museum/63/flags/csajack.gif

• COMMANDER’S PICTURE’S - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chancellorsville

FACTS - http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/chancellorsville.html

• BATTLE MAP - http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/chancellorsville/maps/chancellorsvillemap.html