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Author : Daniel E. Sutherland
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803242530
Looks at the connection between the two battles, showing how political and military backstage maneuvers undermined the Union effort
Author : William K. Goolrick
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
ISBN : 0809447487
Discusses the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and events surrounding it.
Author : Gary W. Gallagher
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807835906
A variety of important but lesser-known dimensions of the Chancellorsville campaign of spring 1863 are explored in this collection of eight original essays. Departing from the traditional focus on generalship and tactics, the contributors address the campaign's broad context and implications and revisit specific battlefield episodes that have in the past been poorly understood. Chancellorsville was a remarkable victory for Robert E. Lee's troops, a fact that had enormous psychological importance for both sides, which had met recently at Fredericksburg and would meet again at Gettysburg in just two months. But the achievement, while stunning, came at an enormous cost: more than 13,000 Confederates became casualties, including Stonewall Jackson, who was wounded by friendly fire and died several days later. The topics covered in this volume include the influence of politics on the Union army, the importance of courage among officers, the impact of the war on children, and the state of battlefield medical care. Other essays illuminate the important but overlooked role of Confederate commander Jubal Early, reassess the professionalism of the Union cavalry, investigate the incident of friendly fire that took Stonewall Jackson's life, and analyze the military and political background of Confederate colonel Emory Best's court-martial on charges of abandoning his men. Contributors Keith S. Bohannon, Pennsylvania State University and Greenville, South Carolina Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia A. Wilson Greene, Petersburg, Virginia John J. Hennessy, Fredericksburg, Virginia Robert K. Krick, Fredericksburg, Virginia James Marten, Marquette University Carol Reardon, Pennsylvania State University James I. Robertson Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Author : Chris Mackowski,Kristopher D. White
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611211375
The first book-length study of two overlooked engagements that helped turned the tide of a pivotal Civil War battle. By May of 1863, the stone wall at the base of Marye’s Heights above Fredericksburg, Virginia, loomed large over the Army of the Potomac, haunting its men with memories of slaughter from their crushing defeat there the previous December. They would assault it again with a very different result the following spring. This time the Union troops wrested the wall and high ground from the Confederates and drove west into the enemy’s rear. The inland drive stalled in heavy fighting at Salem Church. Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front is the first book to examine Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church and the central roles they played in the final Southern victory. Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White have long appreciated the pivotal roles these engagements played in the Chancellorsville campaign, and just how close the Southern army came to grief—and the Union army to stunning success. Together they seamlessly weave their extensive newspaper, archival, and firsthand research into a compelling narrative to better understand these combats, which usually garner little more than a footnote to the larger story of Stonewall Jackson’s march and fatal wounding. Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front offers a thorough examination of the decision-making, movements, and fighting that led to the bloody stalemate at Salem Church, as Union soldiers faced the horror of an indomitable wall of stone—and an undersized Confederate division stood up to a Union juggernaut.
Author : Edward James Stackpole
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0811722384
Originally published in 1958, this Stackpole classic retains its popular appeal and easy readability. Now updated with commentary and notes by D. Scott Hartwig, it will be of special interest to Civil War buffs and historians. Exceptional maps and illustrations.
Author : Philip W. Parsons
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476610221
The winter of 1862-1863 found the Union Army of the Potomac in sad shape, after bloody battles, multiple defeats, lack of adequate provisions and high desertion rates. When Major General Joseph Hooker took command, he set about revamping conditions. Instructed by President Lincoln to make the destruction of General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia the Union’s top priority, Hooker mounted the Chancellorsville Campaign. Lee’s aggressive battlefield manner coupled with Hooker’s failure to initiate an assault led to a sound defeat by Confederate forces and left Hooker—who ultimately had only himself and his lack of initiative to blame—looking for a scapegoat. Among those Hooker attempted to hold responsible was the courageous Sixth Army Corps, Major General John Sedgwick commanding, the unit responsible for the sole Union victory of the entire campaign. This history of the battlefield engagements of the Sixth Army Corps on May 3 and 4, 1863, is compiled from contemporary accounts and a variety of postwar histories.
Author : Ted Ballard,Billy Arthur
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782898566
Contains more than 20 maps, diagrams and illustrations Although "Fighting Joe" Hooker skillfully executes a well-conceived plan and out-flanks his adversary, months of offensive planning are shelved as he suddenly orders his army on the defensive. Lee seizes the initiative and achieves what has often been called his most brilliant victory. How could this happen when Hooker's army outnumbers that of Lee 2 to 1 and is far superior in artillery and logistics? Answers to these and other questions concerning leadership, communications, use of terrain, and the psychology of men in battle, are often found by personal reconnaissance of the battlefield. This book offers a staff ride briefing of Chancellorsville. Since 1906 staff rides have been used to in the education of U.S. Army officers to narrow the gap between peacetime training and war.
Author : Vivian Minor Fleming
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 101809671X
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Jay Luvaas,Harold W. Nelson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004071074
This guide contains remarkable detail on several firsts and rarities for the time period, from crossings under fire and street fighting to now-familiar trench warfare.
Author : Abner Doubleday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048949023
Author : Jay Luvaas,Harold W. Nelson
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X001710353
Author : Vivian Minor Fleming
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
ISBN : LCCN:22016688
Author : Joseph P. Cullen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Chancellorsville (Va.), Battle of, 1863
ISBN : SRLF:A0006133870
"...Here, within a radius of 17 miles, occurred over 100,000 American casualties in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, all involving strategy and tactics beyond the understanding of the average soldier. The park preserves and interprets some of the scenes of those four great Civil War battles. The quiet, peaceful woods and fields are a constant reminder of how much we owe to the sacrifice of others. Here they came, here they fought, and here they died." --Page [5].
Author : Ralph Peters
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466884038
Ralph Peters' Darkness at Chancellorsville is a novel of one of the most dramatic battles in American history, from the New York Times bestselling, three-time Boyd Award-winning author of the Battle Hymn Cycle. Centered upon one of the most surprising and dramatic battles in American history, Darkness at Chancellorsville recreates what began as a brilliant, triumphant campaign for the Union—only to end in disaster for the North. Famed Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson bring off an against-all-odds surprise victory, humiliating a Yankee force three times the size of their own, while the Northern army is torn by rivalries, anti-immigrant prejudice and selfish ambition. This historically accurate epic captures the high drama, human complexity and existential threat that nearly tore the United States in two, featuring a broad range of fascinating—and real—characters, in blue and gray, who sum to an untold story about a battle that has attained mythic proportions. And, in the end, the Confederate triumph proved a Pyrrhic victory, since it lured Lee to embark on what would become the war's turning point—the Gettysburg Campaign (featured in Cain At Gettysburg). At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Bradford A. Wineman
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786254405
Includes 4 maps and numerous other illustrations In The Chancellorsville Campaign, January–May 1863, author Bradford Wineman examines the battle of Chancellorsville in which a powerful Union Army, under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, was pitted against a smaller but well-led Confederate force under General Robert E. Lee. Hooker planned a bold flanking maneuver to secure a Union victory, crush the rebel army, and open the way for a march toward Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital. He anticipated a glorious victory for his Federal troops. In the end it was Lee, and his chief lieutenant, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, who achieved what many historians have called the South’s greatest victory during the Civil War. Once Hooker had maneuvered the bulk of his forces over the Rappahannock River the Union commander gathered his troops into a defensive position at Chancellorsville and waited for Lee to attack. Lee seized the initiative, made several risky tactical moves, and drove the Federals from the field after three days of intense fighting. Only the death of the “Stonewall” Jackson tarnished Lee’s crowning victory.
