1863 Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville Illustrated Poster

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This vintage illustrated poster depicts the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia during the Civil War.

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This vintage illustrated poster depicts the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia during the Civil War.

The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville and the area from there to the east at Fredericksburg. The battle pitted Union Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac against an army half its size, Gen. Robert E. Lee;s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. It is known as Lee;s "perfect battle" because of his risky but successful division of his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force. Lee's audacity and Hooker's timid performance in combat combined to result in a significant Union defeat. The Confederate victory was tempered by the mortal wounding of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewal" Jackson to friendly fire, a loss that Lee likened to "losing my right arm."

Historical references courtesy of wikipedia.org