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The Battle of Chancellorsville
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Hooker's plan for the Chancellorsville Campaign
One of a series of maps of the Battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. This one depicts the plan of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker prior to the campaign.
Hooker's army faced Lee across the Rappahannock from its winter quarters in Falmouth and around Fredericksburg. He planned to send his 10,000 cavalrymen under Maj. Gen. George Stoneman to cross the Rappahannock far upstream and raid deep into the Confederate rear areas, destroying crucial supply depots along the railroad from the Confederate capital in Richmond to Fredericksburg, which would cut Lee's lines of communication and supply. Hooker assumed that Lee would react to this threat by abandoning his fortified positions on the Rappahannock and withdrawing toward his capital. At that time, Hooker's infantry would cross the Rappahannock in pursuit, attacking Lee when he was moving and vulnerable.
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