Confederate Military History: The Chancellorsville Campaign and Death of Jackson (Illustrated Edition)

Confederate Military History is a 12-volume series of books written and/or edited by former Confederate general Clement A. Evans that deals with specific topics related to the military personalities, places, battles, and campaigns in various Southern United States, including those of the Confederacy. Written with a heavy Southern slant, the articles that comprise the compendium deal with the famous events of the war. This account is of the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May 1863, which culminated with the Battle of Chancellorsville. Despite being heavily outnumbered, General Robert E. Lee daringly split his army in the face of the Army of the Potomac and sent Stonewall Jacksons corps across the Unions left flank. Jacksons march and attack greatly surprised the XI Corps, routing it and eventually disrupting General Joe Hookers plans. The battle would eventually result in the Army of Northern Virginias most impressive tactical victory, but it would cost them Stonewall Jackson, who was mortally wounded at the height of his glory and died days after the battle. This edition of the Confederate Military Historys The Chancellorsville Campaign and Death of Jackson is specially formatted with images of Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and JEB Stuart