After this battle, the first real battle of the Civil War1, it became apparent that this would not be a short war set in ... Based on the maps he had, his plan was ingenious.

The commission identified the USS Chancellorsville because of its association with the Confederate victory of the Civil War battle bearing its name. Following the vessel’s renaming, Spotsylvania ...

Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville ... At the outbreak of the Civil War, Hooker traveled east to rejoin the Union army. Refused at first, Hooker wrote an impassioned letter to Abraham Lincoln ...