NOUN
- a village in northeastern Virginia
- a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
How To Use Chancellorsville In A Sentence
- The Confederacy's greatest soldier, General Stonewall Jackson, was shot dead by his own troops as he returned to his lines after reconnoitring Union positions during the battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863.
- The picture of the USS Chancellorsville, their guided missile cruiser, was one of them.
- The Confederacy's greatest soldier, General Stonewall Jackson, was shot dead by his own troops as he returned to his lines after reconnoitring Union positions during the battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863.
- Following his victory at Chancellorsville in May, 1863, General Lee received approval from his government to invade the north.
- We still held the point where the roads converged at Chancellorsville, but our position promised more for offensive than defensive battle.
- The next day, Union soldiers began moving out of Chancellorsville and the wilderness.
- He communicated what he described as verbal orders from Lee: Early was to march toward Chancellorsville with his entire force, except Pendleton's artillery and one brigade of infantry. LEE’S LIEUTENANTS
- As Confederates tried vainly to delay Union advances on Chancellorsville, General Jackson took a bullet in the arm.
- We still held the point where the roads converged at Chancellorsville, but our position promised more for offensive than defensive battle.
