Chancellorsville 1863 – origins of the campaign

source : ‘Chickamauga 1863 – Jackson’s lighting strike’ campaign 055, Osprey publishing

Chancellorsville, a lone farmhouse situated at the junction of two roads a few miles west of Fredericksburg, lies fifty miles north of Richmond and twenty-five miles east of Culpeper, south of the Rappahannock river and near the eastern edge of the Spotsylvania wilderness.

‘Hazel Grove’ by Rick Reeves

‘confederate twilight’ by Dan Nance

‘charge’ by Don Troiani

‘prayer for the fallen’ by Dan Nance

‘Jackson’s flank attack’ by Don Troiani

‘before the storm’ by Don Troiani

Chancellorsville : phase 2 (may 1-6 1863)

source : ‘the atlas of the civil war’ by James M. McPherson, Courage Books, 2005

As the federal army converged on Chancellorsville, general Hooker expected Lee to retreat from his forces, which totaled nearly 115.000.

Chancellorsville : phase 1 (april 26 – may 1 1863)

source : ‘the atlas of the civil war’ by James M. McPherson, Courage Books, 2005

Morale in the federal army of the Potomac rose with the appointment of Joseph Hooker to command.

battle of Chancellorsville 1863

source : ‘the American civil war story’ BBC history magazine

On 30 april 1863, yet another Union commander, Joseph Hooker, crossed the Rappahannock river and tried to fight his way to Richmond.