Chancellorsville 1863 Jackson's Lightning Strike

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Synopsis

Following the debacle of the battle of Fredricksburg in December 1862, Burnside was replaced as commander of the Army of the Potomac by General Joseph Hooker. Having reorganised the army and improved morale, he planned an attack that would take his army to Richmond and end the war. Although faced by an army twice his size, the Confederate commander Robert E. Lee split his forces: Jubal Early was left to hold off Sedgwick's Fredericksburg attack, and 'Stonewall' Jackson was sent with 26,000 men in a wide envelopment around Hooker's right flank. This title details how at dusk on May 2, Jackson's men crashed into the Federal right flank, and how stiffening Federal resistance slowed the Confederate advance the next day.

Book details

Series:
Campaign (Book 55)
Author:
Carl Smith, Adam Hook
ISBN:
9781846036361
Related ISBNs:
9781855327214, 9781855327214, 9781855327214
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
96
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-10-31
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2012
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Military, Nonfiction