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The West Point atlas of the Civil War. Source: West Point - Department of History (The American Civil War) and Library of Congress. Author: United States Military Academy. Department of Military Art and Engineering.
2006-03-31 00:35 Hlj 1549×1103× (451417 bytes) Map of the [[Battle of Chancellorsville]] of the [[American Civil War]], actions on May 3, 1863. Drawn by Hal Jespersen in Macromedia Freehand.
The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30 – May 6, 1863, was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign. [ 13 ] Confederate General Robert E. Lee 's risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate ...
Battle of Chancellorsville, 4–6 May 1863, shows the action at Salem Church at right. At the Battle of Chancellorsville , the 8th Louisiana Infantry was assigned to Brigadier General Harry T. Hays ' brigade in Early's division and suffered losses of 17 killed, 64 wounded, and 89 missing.
The fiercest fighting of the Chancellorsville Campaign occurred on May 3, including action at Salem Church and Fredericksburg, and produced the second bloodiest day of the Civil War. The smaller Confederate Army (60,892 CS men vs. 133,868 US men) experienced a significantly higher rate of casualties (22% CS vs. 13% US) than the enemy during ...
The West Point atlas of the Civil War. Source: West Point - Department of History (The American Civil War) and Library of Congress. Author: United States Military Academy. Department of Military Art and Engineering.
Confederate casualties at Chancellorsville during the American Civil War, by the National Archives and Records Administration (edited by Mfield) Atlanta roundhouse ruin at History of Atlanta , by George Barnard (edited by Durova )
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Sears, Stephen W., Chancellorsville, Houghton Mifflin, 1996, ISBN 0-395-87744-X.