The Chancellorsville Campaign (VA): The Nation's High Water Mark (Civil War Sesquicentennial)

The Chancellorsville Campaign was the true high water mark for both the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac. The campaign would be the Confederates' greatest battle, though it came at the cost of losing General Stonewall Jackson at the height of his military success and public popularity. Although the Confederacy prevailed at Chancellorsville, 'Fighting Joe' Hooker used the defeat to institute a multitude of reforms in the Army of the Potomac, which paved the way for the hard-fought victory at Gettysburg and heavily influenced the Union winning the war. Shenandoah University professor James Bryant weaves together a concise yet comprehensive account of the engagement, one brought to life by excerpts from the letters of Lee, Jackson and Hooker, as well as many other soldiers.

Other books in the Civil War Sesquicentennial Series include:The Battle of Antietam♦ The Battle of Franklin♦ The Battle of South Mountain♦ Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign♦ Charleston Under Siege♦ Andersonville Civil War Prison♦ The Civil War at Perryville♦ The Battle of Okolona♦ Fort Davidson and the Battle of Pilot Knobb♦ The Two Civil War Battles of Newtonia♦ The Battle of Port Royal♦ The Confederacy's Secret Weapon♦ Lee in the Lowcountry♦ Defending South Carolina's Coast♦ Facing Sherman in South Carolina♦ The Battle of Brandy Station♦ The Battle of Cedar Creek♦ The Battle of Fredericksburg♦ The Battle of Piedmont♦ The Battle of New Market Heights♦ Big Bethel♦ The Battle of Mine Creek♦ West Virginia in the Civil War♦ Civil War Atlanta♦ The Battle of Westport♦ The Union is Dissolved♦ The Battle of Fort Donelson