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Title: The Campaign of Chancellorsville

Author: Theodore A. Dodge

Release Date: May, 2004 [EBook #5715]
Posting Date: March 25, 2009

Language: English

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Produced by Ken Reeder

THE CAMPAIGN OF CHANCELLORSVILLE

by Theodore A. Dodge

To the members of The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, of
whose researches into the history of our Civil War the following pages
form but a modest part, this volume is, with Sincere Regard, Dedicated
by the author.

Transcriber's Note:

Errata and other transcription notes are included as an appendix

As companion to this etext, I recommend maps available on the Internet
from the History Department of the U. S. Military Academy:

http://www.dean.usma.edu/history

CONTENTS.

I. INTRODUCTION
II. CONDITION OF THE COMBATANTS
III. HOOKER AND THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
IV. THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
V. DIFFICULTY OF AN ATTACK
VI. THE PROPOSED CAVALRY RAID
VII. THE FEINT BY THE LEFT WING
VIII. THE REAL MOVE BY THE RIGHT WING
IX. LEE'S INFORMATION AND MOVEMENTS
X. HOOKER'S ADVANCE FRIDAY
XI. POSITION AT CHANCELLORSVILLE
XII. JACKSON'S MARCH AND SICKLES'S ADVANCE
XIII. HOOKER'S THEORIES AND CHANCES
XIV. POSITION OF THE ELEVENTH CORPS
XV. SITUATION AT SIX O'CLOCK
XVI. JACKSON'S ATTACK
XVII. CONDUCT OF THE ELEVENTH CORPS
XVIII. HOOKER'S PARRY
XIX. THE MIDNIGHT ATTACK
XX. STONEWALL JACKSON
XXI. POSITION AT FAIRVIEW
XXII. THE FIGHT AT FAIRVIEW
XXIII. THE LEFT CENTRE
XXIV. THE NEW LINES
XXV. SUNDAY'S MISCARRIAGE
XXVI. SEDGWICK'S CHANGE OF ORDERS
XXVII. SEDGWICK'S ASSAULT
XXVIII. SEDGWICK MARCHES TOWARD HOOKER
XXIX. SALEM CHURCH
XXX. SEDGWICK IN DIFFICULTY
XXXI. SEDGWICK WITHDRAWS
XXXII. HOOKER'S CRITICISMS
XXXIII. HOOKER'S FURTHER PLANS
XXXIV. THE ARMY OF THE POT