Chancellorsville /
Stephen W. Sears.
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| Summary: | One of the most dramatic battles of the Civil War, Chancellorsville was Robert E. Lee's masterpiece. Outnumbered two to one, Lee violated a cardinal rule of military strategy by dividing his small army, sending Stonewall Jackson on his famous twelve-mile march around the Union flank. Charging out of the Wilderness with Rebel yells, Jackson's troops destroyed one entire corps of the Union army, and Lee drove the rest across the Rappahannock River. Lee's great victory came at great cost, however: Jackson, making a night reconnaissance, was accidentally shot by his own troops and died eight days later. And ironically, the momentum of Lee's greatest triumph pushed him to launch an aggressive campaign that led to his greatest defeat, at Gettysburg. Drawing on a wealth of new sources, including personal accounts by soldiers on both sides, Stephen Sears has written the definitive book on Chancellorsville. |
| In collection: | Stephen Griffin Collection |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton-Mifflin Co.,
1996.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 564-577) and index. Chancellorsville was a great victory for Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Outnumbered two to one, Lee split his army and sent Jackson on a twelve-mile march, outmanouevering and scattering the Union forces. Sadly, like Kearny before him, Jackson was mortally wounded in probing enemy lines. The Irish Brigade played a relatively minor role at Chancellorsville but still had 100 casualties. Sears describes the raucous St. Patrick's Day celebration that the Brigade held on March 17, 1863. Physical description: x, 593 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm more |
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| ISBN: | 0395634172 9780395634172 039587744X 9780395877449 |