American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a major defeat of the Union’s Army of the Potomac under Joseph Hooker by the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee.
1863 American Civil War battle
🗓️ 6 May 1863
The Battle of Chancellorsville, April 30 – May 6, 1863, was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville campaign.
