Battle of chancellorsville richard klingbeil

Battle of Chancellorsville

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  • Federal Corps cross the river and fight against Lee's defense

    Federal Corps cross the river and fight against Lee's defense

  • Other Federal Corps join and prepare to move up river

  • Meade's Corps controls Ely's Ford during the evening

  • Howard and Slocomb's corps cross the Germanna Ford in the evening

  • Syke divides corps and makes it so two federal corps and cross

  • Hooker gathers parts of the Army of the Potomac.

  • Lee splits his army up, the left Fredricksburg early as the others went to Chancellorsville

  • Hooker's army builds a defense around Chancellorsville

  • Lee makes plans to attack with Jackson's soldiers after hearing Hookers left side has become weak

  • Jackson brings his 27,000 troops around Hooker

  • As Jackson's troops are fighting Lee's also attacking Hookers troops

  • Sickles attempts to attack Jacksons troops but ends up fighting Lee's

  • Jackson makes a surprise attack with his Corps

  • Jackson is shot in a friendly fire

  • Lee and Stuart reconnect after rough attacks in the morning

  • Lee gets distracted from attacking Hookers front line, recieving a emergency message from Fredricksburg

  • Lee stops the Union from attacking, and shuts down their counter attacks

  • Hooker retreats before Lee can attack