Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest BattleStackpole Books, 1988 - 398 pages 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. |
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... enemy . There was no means , no organization , and no apparent effort to obtain such information . And we were almost as ignorant of the enemy in our immediate front as if they had been in China . An efficient organization for that pur ...
... enemy . There was no means , no organization , and no apparent effort to obtain such information . And we were almost as ignorant of the enemy in our immediate front as if they had been in China . An efficient organization for that pur ...
Page 17
... enemy territory . The information which they gathered was military in character , and was transmitted promptly to army headquarters , where the reports were sifted , ana- lyzed , and passed on to General Hooker . Incredible as it may ...
... enemy territory . The information which they gathered was military in character , and was transmitted promptly to army headquarters , where the reports were sifted , ana- lyzed , and passed on to General Hooker . Incredible as it may ...
Page 18
... enemy elements , but that of itself was not suffi- cient to prevent the enemy from continuing his own here- tofore successful efforts to keep himself posted on the activities of the Union army . So Hooker took steps to plug information ...
... enemy elements , but that of itself was not suffi- cient to prevent the enemy from continuing his own here- tofore successful efforts to keep himself posted on the activities of the Union army . So Hooker took steps to plug information ...
Page 19
... enemy activities observed . This novel procedure occasioned some dissatisfaction at lower levels , but had a generally whole- some effect without impairing the over - all morale of the army . Lee's apparently uncanny foreknowledge of ...
... enemy activities observed . This novel procedure occasioned some dissatisfaction at lower levels , but had a generally whole- some effect without impairing the over - all morale of the army . Lee's apparently uncanny foreknowledge of ...
Page 21
... enemy information were legion , in- cluding even the Federal pickets . As has been noted , these sentries were in the habit of freely informing their Confed- erate counterparts across the Rappahannock of any new bit of news . Such items ...
... enemy information were legion , in- cluding even the Federal pickets . As has been noted , these sentries were in the habit of freely informing their Confed- erate counterparts across the Rappahannock of any new bit of news . Such items ...
Contents
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THE STRATEGY OF THE CAMPAIGN | 85 |
HOOKERS PLAN UNFOLDS | 103 |
THE JUGGERNAUT ROLLS SWIFTLY | 116 |
HOOKER BEGINS TO SLIP | 136 |
JACKSONS HISTORIC FLANK MARCH | 203 |
THE STORM BREAKS | 230 |
JACKSONS LAST BATTLE | 255 |
THE SITUATION AT 5 AM MAY 3 | 276 |
SAVAGE FIGHTING AT CLOSE QUARTERS | 287 |
THE SIXTH CORPS AT FREDERICKSBURG | 306 |
THE BATTLE OF SALEM CHURCH | 329 |
AN EVALUATION OF THE CAMPAIGN | 359 |
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Common terms and phrases
A. P. Hill advance Anderson April 29 April 30 army commander Army of Northern artillery attack Averell Averell's Banks Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Fredericksburg battlefield bridges brigade Burnside Butterfield Chancellorsville campaign column Confederate corps commanders Couch crossed the Rappahannock defensive direction Dowdall's Early's Eleventh Corps Ely's Ford enemy eral Fairview Falmouth Federal cavalry fighting Fitzhugh Fitzhugh Lee force front Gordonsville guns Hancock Hazel Grove headquarters Howard III CORPS infantry Jackson Jackson's Corps Joe Hooker Joseph Hooker Kelly's Ford Lee's army Longstreet Major McLaws Meade Meade's miles military morning move movement night Northern Virginia officers Plank Road Pleasonton position Potomac Railroad Rapidan rear regiments Reynolds Richmond right flank right wing river Rodes Salem Church Second Corps Sedgwick Sickles Sixth Corps Slocum staff Stoneman Stonewall Jackson strength Stuart Sykes tactical Tavern troops Union army Wilderness withdraw wounded XI CORPS
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Page 7 - You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer.
Page 7 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying, that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have; given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
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Page 7 - Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command.
Page 6 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
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Page 146 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
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