Chancellorsville: The Battle and Its Aftermath
by Gary W. Gallagher (Editor)
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A variety of important but lesser-known dimensions of the Chancellorsville campaign of spring 1863 are explored in this collection of eight original essays. Departing from the traditional focus on generalship and tactics, the contributors address the campaign's broad context and implications and revisit specific battlefield episodes that have in the past been poorly understood. Chancellorsville was a remarkable victory for Robert E. Lee's troops, a fact that had enormous psychological show more importance for both sides. show lessTags
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Gary W Gallagher is a civil war historian with a special interest in the military aspects of the war. He is the author or co-author of several books including Lee and His Generals in War and Memory and The Confederate War. He has also served as President of the Association of Preservation of Civil War sites. He is a professor of history at the show more University of Virginia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Chancellorsville: The Battle and Its Aftermath
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- Jubal A. Early; Stonewall Jackson; Robert E. Lee
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- Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA; Virginia, USA
- Important events
- American Civil War (1861 | 1865); Battle of Chancellorsville (1863)
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