The Battle of Chancellorsville is considered to be one of General Robert E. Lee's greatest victory. It allowed his troops to continue on to Gettysburg.
May 1863
This battle was an early turning point in the Civil War in favor for the North. Stonewall Jackson died, which increased morale for the north causing them to win the battle at Chancellorville.
In Virginia, Spotsylvania County.
11,116 died and wounded and 5,676 prisoners and missing.
Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
The Confederates. It was the last and greatest triumph of the Lee-Jackson partnership, before Jackson's fatal shooting.
For the victorious Confederates - Robert E. Lee, helped for the last time by Stonewall Jackson, killed at this battle. For the Union - Joe Hooker, a successful organiser and leader, but wrong-footed this time by the brilliant tactics of the Lee-Jackson duo.
Joseph Hooker
The battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg prevented the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Lee from invading the northern states. The battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville were Confederate victories preventing the US forces from taking the Confederate capital of Richmond.
Stonewall Jackson
Historians consider Chancellorville to be Lee's greatest victory.
No battle was more important.